A new study suggests that a hearing aid not only supports your hearing, but can also prolong your life. While there are approximately 1.5 million deaf and hard of hearing people in the Netherlands, there are many more in the United States. 40 million Americans have hearing problems. That’s where the research was conducted.
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Research has shown that more people than the current 10% in the United States actually need hearing aids. Not just hearing: you would reduce the risk of premature death by almost a quarter. Scientias writes that the lead researcher at Keck Medicine University South California says that people who wear their hearing aids for at least five hours each week have a 24% lower risk of premature death than people with hearing problems who don’t use theirs. hearing aids or using hearing aids less than 5 hours per week.
Live longer with hearing aids
The study analyzed approximately 10,000 adults who underwent audiometric testing between 1999 and 2012. The participants were ultimately followed for ten years. 1863 people were hard of hearing and 237 regularly used a hearing aid. The latter category appeared to be less likely to die prematurely. You might think that age, severity of hearing damage, or income, ethnicity, and medical background would have an influence, but that turned out not to be the case.
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Hearing aids play an important role in social life, and social life in turn plays an important role in survival. Most people with hearing problems are 60 years old and older — people who are already at increased risk for depression, dementia and social isolation, especially if they don’t treat their hearing problems. This was already known and was mainly demonstrated by this study. Better hearing likely leads to better mental well-being and cognitive function, which increases life expectancy.
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