{"id":21531,"date":"2023-07-18T08:11:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21531"},"modified":"2023-07-18T08:11:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:11:14","slug":"hearing-aids-may-slow-mental-decline-in-those-at-higher-risk-of-dementia-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21531","title":{"rendered":"Hearing aids may slow mental decline in those at higher risk of dementia, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Lizzy Lawrence for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doctors have long suspected that hearing loss in older adults hastens dementia, the cognitive decline associated with aging. A new study published in The Lancet on Tuesday probes the link between the two conditions further in what could be the first randomized controlled trial of its kind.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2023\/07\/18\/hearing-loss-aids-dementia-cognitive-decline\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2023\/07\/18\/hearing-loss-aids-dementia-cognitive-decline\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"24\" class=\"wp-image-4372\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Lizzy Lawrence for STAT) Doctors have long suspected that hearing loss in older adults hastens dementia, the cognitive decline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,14],"tags":[116,118,176,94],"class_list":["post-21531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia","category-medical-technology","tag-alzheimers-disease","tag-dementia","tag-hearing-aids","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21532,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21531\/revisions\/21532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}