Wearing hearing aids can reduce the incidence rate of Alzheimer's disease.

Recently, a new study shows that people who wear hearing aids due to aging hearing loss can maintain more perfect brain function over time compared with people who do not wear hearing aids This conclusion comes from an important study carried out by the dementia prevention, intervention and Nursing Committee of the lancet in recent years The study shows that hearing loss is an important risk factor for Alzheimer's, and wearing hearing aids may reduce this risk The study was carried out by the University of Exeter and King's College London, and the results were presented at an international conference of the Alzheimer's Association in Los Angeles, USA The project, called protect, involved 25000 people aged 50 and over This study provides us with preliminary evidence that encouraging people to wear effective hearing aids may help protect their brains and reduce their risk of Alzheimer's disease The researchers divided the subjects into two groups: those who wore hearing aids and those who did not For more than two years, the two groups took a cognitive test every year The results showed that the group with hearing aids performed better in assessing working memory and attention than the group without hearing aids In one attention test, people wearing hearing aids showed a faster response From the perspective of daily life, this is a kind of expression of concentration, such as "trying to listen to the voice", "paying close attention to a very interesting object" and "paying attention to someone's speech", etc "Previous studies have shown that hearing loss is associated with decreased brain function, memory loss, and an increased risk of dementia," said Anne COBIT, Ph.D., director of the protect program at the University of Exeter Our study is one of the largest to explore the effects of hearing aids on the brain We initially found that hearing aids actually protect the brain We need more research and clinical trials to verify this, and maybe we need policies to help people stay healthy in their later years " "We all know that if we act from middle age, we can reduce our risk of dementia by a third," said Clive Ballard, a professor at the University of Exeter School of medicine We've been trying to figure out how to really keep our brains healthy, and this research is just part of it " "It's just our preliminary findings, more research and exploration are needed, but it has very exciting potential," he said The message of this study is that if someone suggests you wear a hearing aid, find one that suits you At least it can improve your hearing and keep your brain sharp "