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Early dementia or just part of aging?
Early Dementia & Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) | Last Active: Aug 9 7:52am | Replies (73)Comment receiving replies
Of course we all worry about this... and about arthritis, and cataracts, and...the list goes on. My daughter (they all spend a lot of effort researching all the stuff that could go wrong) recently informed me that wearing my hearing aids, since I have had them for years but seldom wear them, is a defense against encroaching dementia. I gave her my standard reply: "Huh?"
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@capnjack my ear doc said that it’s good to get a hearing aid before hearing gets to be a real problem…getting it earlier instead of later means the ear-brain connection will work better…prolonged lack of hearing is isolating and can be a factor in dementia.
It is absolutely true.
Multiple randomized valid professional studies done on the subject; not just some random internet opinion.
I wear hearing aides and don't even need them because when a person runs around not hearing clearly other people treat you differently or ignore you or think you are stupid and vain for not wearing hearing aides.
Thus you get isolated out of the main stream. In addition, the brain needs active, reliable stimulation to work properly, it uses hearing as that stimulation.
Besides, at some point if you are not wearing hearing aides you may step out into traffic and get hit by a car.
So not wearing hearing aides can shorten your quality life in many ways.
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@capnjack I've never met Dementia. Who is she? 😀