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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
Just a moment...
Interesting article, well known that hearing loss accelerates dementia. .
However, for us data geeks, our read of the article is that the study linked the Framingham Heart Study data with the hearing/dementia data for a very large dataset, and pretty good statistical results. . p-values at 0.02,
The FHS dataset has alot of very good long term data, not just heart data, and yes, there will be a bunch of data mining, but that is what lots of good data is there for, to look for linkages which are currently unknown or undiscovered.
good luck to us!
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The risk reduction is one of the reasons I kept pushing for my parents to get and WEAR hearing aids. They got them - covered by Medicare. And then, they just stopped wearing them. Mom's was configured badly and she got tired of making appointments to get them adjusted. Dad just didn't like having something sticking in his ear.
Mom had a stroke and they say the subsequent dementia was caused mostly by the stroke, but hearing aids could've reduced the severity. Dad's dementia is strange, he's in "Sunsetting" mode, hallucinating sometimes, aphasia often, sleeps most of the time, but he recognizes me and my sister and his health care aides. He still refuses to wear the hearing aids and keeps the TV on full volume instead.