Hearing aids slow cognitive decline in people at high risk
F. Lin at JHU
"In the main analysis of all study participants, the researchers saw no difference in the rate of change in cognitive functioning between people who received the hearing aids and those who didn’t.
However, when the analysis focused on people from the heart-health study, who had a higher risk of dementia, the benefit of the hearing aids was substantial."
@ttpphd There was recently a study about this topic that got some publicity and then was retracted because of a coding error, such that the difference actually went in the opposite direction of what had originally been published. I don't remember if it was this study, but the August date makes me think it'd be wise to confirm before relying on it.
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