{"id":16210,"date":"2021-05-12T16:48:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T20:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/?p=16210"},"modified":"2023-12-19T16:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:36:38","slug":"hearing-vision-loss-doubles-dementia-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/hearing-vision-loss-doubles-dementia-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing &#038; Vision Loss Doubles Dementia Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><span>It\u2019s common to lose hearing or vision as you age, but&nbsp;the&nbsp;loss of both can have serious consequences. A new study found&nbsp;that&nbsp;hearing and vision loss put you at double the risk of developing dementia later in life.&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/n.neurology.org\/content\/early\/2021\/04\/07\/WNL.0000000000011845\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>This study<\/span><\/a><span>&nbsp;was published in the journal&nbsp;<em>Neurology&nbsp;<\/em>in April 2021.&nbsp;<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/h-v-loss.jpg\" alt=\"brain puzzle\" class=\"wp-image-29828\" title=\"h-v-loss\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/h-v-loss.jpg 400w, https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/h-v-loss-256x171.jpg 256w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span>The study involved 6,520 people ages 58 to 101. Participants&nbsp;reported&nbsp;their vision and hearing on the following scale:&nbsp;<\/span><span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span>Reduced, able to function with a hearing aid&nbsp;or&nbsp;glasses.<\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span>Reduced, unable to function even with a hearing aid&nbsp;or&nbsp;glasses.&nbsp;<\/span><span><\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span>No hearing or sight at all.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span>At the beginning of the study, 932&nbsp;participants&nbsp;had normal hearing and vision, 2,957 had either hearing or vision loss and 2,631 had both hearing and vision loss.&nbsp;Questionnaires revealed that dementia was more than twice as common in the group with dual sensory impairment (8%) than those with single sensory impairment (2.4%)&nbsp;or&nbsp;no sensory impairment (2.3%).<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Every two years for&nbsp;a total of&nbsp;six years, researchers tested thinking and memory skills with word recall and recognition exercises. The six-year&nbsp;follow-up&nbsp;revealed that a total of 245 people developed dementia.&nbsp;146 of the 1,964 people with both impairments developed dementia compared to 69 of the 2,396 people with one impairment and 14 of the 737 with no impairment.&nbsp;<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>These results revealed that those with both hearing and vision loss were twice as likely to develop dementia than the other groups.&nbsp;<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>\u201cOlder people with only a visual or hearing impairment can usually still maintain social contact, so they may not feel as isolated or depressed as people who have both impairments,\u201d&nbsp;explained study author&nbsp;JinHyeong&nbsp;Jhoo, M.D., Ph.D. \u201cHowever, when someone has both impairments, that may increase the risk of isolation and depression, which previous research has found may affect dementia risk and thinking skills later on.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span>Concerned about your cognitive health\u00a0or\u00a0your hearing? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pentadocs.com\/request-appointment\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"22\">Request an appointment today!<\/a><span> \u202f<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s common to lose hearing or vision as you age, but&nbsp;the&nbsp;loss of both can have serious consequences. A new study found&nbsp;that&nbsp;hearing and vision loss put you at double the risk of developing dementia later in life.&nbsp;This study&nbsp;was published in the journal&nbsp;Neurology&nbsp;in April 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp; The study involved 6,520 people ages 58 to 101. 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