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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Hearing aids could help cut the risk of dementia, study finds

Modern small hearing aid behind the ear of a woman
Hearing loss may be linked to about 8% of worldwide dementia cases. Photograph: Zoonar GmbH/Alamy

Wearing hearing aids could help cut the risk of dementia, according to a large decade-long study, which suggests that tackling hearing loss early may help reduce the global burden of the disease.

Dementia is one of the world’s biggest health threats. The number of people living with the condition worldwide is forecast to nearly triple to 153 million by 2050, and experts have said it presents a major and rapidly growing threat to future health and social care systems in every community, country and continent.

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