Treating Hearing Loss Could Halt Dementia - Neuroscience News
- Stanley Wu
- Apr 24
- 1 min read
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 when these conditions were treated with surgery or hearing aids, the elevated dementia risk significantly decreased or disappeared entirely.
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