Despite what Mick Jagger claims, time is not on our side.
Bodies degrade. Vision blurs. Memories dim. And conversations in a crowded restaurant or bar become well-nigh unintelligible.
"Everybody loses hearing as you get older. That's just a fact of life," said Dr. John Oghalai, an otolaryngologist with Keck Medicine of USC. It's worse for some people than others, he added, noting that certain forms of hearing loss are hereditary.
