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https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/health_medicine/hearing_loss/ Summary: A long-term study of older adults with moderate hearing loss found that hearing aids did not lead to better performance on memory or thinking tests, but the story did not end there. Over seven years, people who were prescribed hearing aids were significantly less likely to develop dementia than those who were not. https://www.sciencedaily.com/search/?keyword=hearing+aids#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=hearing%20aids&gs

https://neurosciencenews.com/hearing-loss-surgery-dementia-30514/ Summary: Can a simple ear surgery protect your memory? A major new study suggests the answer is yes. By analyzing data from over 363,000 participants in the NIH’s All of Us Research Program, researchers discovered that two treatable middle ear conditions, eardrum perforations and cholesteatoma (abnormal skin growth), are linked to nearly double the odds of developing dementia. Crucially, the study found that wh