Hearing Loss and Cognition DR. JENNIFER STINSON AU.D. STINSON AUDIOLOGY SERVICES LLC According to the Centers for Disease Control, hearing loss affects about 40 million Americans between the ages of 20-69. It may seem dramatic to say, but this puts hearing loss in the category of a national health crisis. In addition to that, there
has been a lot of research connecting hearing loss to cognitive decline or dementia. Dementia is a general term for the cognitive deterioration that includes loss of memory and intellectual function. The exact correlation has been difficult to define
