Memory and Hearing Loss – Part 2

Brandeis University researchers have discovered older adults with mild to moderate hearing loss can lose their ability to remember words and language.

Studies have shown, even when adults retain any amount of the ability to hear words and repeat them, older adults’ ability to remember the words they have heard is diminished if they are experiencing hearing loss.

Neuroscience professor Arthur Wingfield has advised, “The study is a wake-up call to anyone who works with older people, including healthcare professionals, to be especially sensitive to how hearing loss can affect cognitive function.”

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