A new study examining music habits among cochlear implant users has found that better hearing ability with the implant—as measured by standard speech tests—significantly correlates with increased time spent listening to music. ...
Feb 2, 2026
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A national panel of experts has issued the strongest call yet for the Department of Health and Social Care to overhaul how it approaches dementia prevention, pointing to vital evidence that dementia risk can be reduced and ...
Jan 16, 2026
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A new study has found that for people with moderate hearing loss, being prescribed hearing aids had little impact on cognitive test scores. The study was published in Neurology.
Jan 14, 2026
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Older New Zealanders in residential care have inadequate access to vision and hearing tests, according to new University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka research.
Dec 16, 2025
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Americans may be getting older and need help doing things that were once routine, but a new survey finds only a fraction of seniors see themselves as having a disability.
Dec 12, 2025
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If the NHS recommended it, would people test their own hearing at home and use self-fitting hearing aids?
Nov 23, 2025
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"Social frailty" is a major dementia risk. A UNSW researcher is changing how to spot and treat it early.
Nov 20, 2025
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If recommended by the NHS, a high proportion of U.K. adults would be willing to test their own hearing at home and use NHS self-fitting hearing aids, University of Manchester researchers report.
Nov 11, 2025
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Susan Bianco, an 87-year-old from Lancaster, realized she was losing her hearing when she found herself constantly asking her husband to repeat himself. She was also struggling during phone calls and social events.
Oct 31, 2025
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Hearing loss among older adults remains vastly undertreated. Federal epidemiologists have estimated that it affects about one in five people ages 65 to 74 and more than half of those over 75.
Oct 28, 2025
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