A large clinical trial found that for older adults at risk of cognitive issues, using hearing aids for three years cut their rates of cognitive decline in half.
While previous research has shown that hearing loss is a risk for developing dementia, the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (Achieve) study was the first randomised, controlled clinical trial to assess the effect of intervening with hearing aids.
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