{"id":2147,"date":"2020-08-06T18:29:57","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T23:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eoent.com\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2023-10-03T17:31:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T22:31:26","slug":"dementia-risk-increases-with-vision-and-hearing-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eoent.com\/dementia-risk-increases-with-vision-and-hearing-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Dementia Risk Increases with Vision and Hearing Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Previous research has linked both hearing impairment and vision impairment to an increased chance of developing dementia. A new study has found that this risk is significantly higher for individuals suffering from both conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The study, called \u201cDual Sensory Impairment in Older Adults and Risk of Dementia from the GEM Study,\u201d was published last month in the journal Alzheimer\u2019s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While previous research found individual connections between hearing impairment and visual impairment with the onset of dementia, this study examined their combined effects. The authors refer to the combination of conditions as \u201cdual sensory impairment\u201d (DSI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlthough most prior studies have focused on impairments in hearing and vision individually, the impact of having combined hearing and visual impairment, or dual sensory impairment (DSI), on dementia risk is unclear,\u201d the authors explained<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is estimated that among adults ages 70 and older, 33 percent experience hearing loss and 18 percent experience vision loss. Both of these conditions tend to worsen with age, which is why researchers believe a correlation exists between the advancement of these afflictions and loss of functionality and mortality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are two leading theories about this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n