Shocking Connection 😲 Between Hearing Loss & Falls! 🚨

12 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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This content was created by Hope Lanter. This content was uploaded by Hope Lanter. This is a YouTube video titled "Shocking Connection 😲 Between Hearing Loss & Falls! 🚨" (uploaded 2024-11-12). The excerpt is a spoken segment from a single speaker discussing research linking hearing loss to higher fall risk — stating that mild hearing loss can triple fall risk, that risk increases as hearing loss worsens, that untreated hearing loss may accelerate dementia progression, and that hearing aids can help improve quality of life with age.

Let's talk about the connection between hearing loss and fall risk. What we know is that if someone has just a mild hearing loss, that their fall risk increases by 3 times. As hearing loss gets worse, we see that fall risk actually gets greater as well. So untreated hearing loss can mean that we're increasing not only our fall risk, but the risk of dementia progressing faster. So hearing aids are helping to improve quality of life As we get older,