Researchers from UCL have shown that brain changes associated with perception and understanding of sounds occur in key regions affected by dementia and may flag early signs of disease. The work looks at the so-called “cocktail party effect,” a problem often seen in people with dementia, and is presented at Alzheimer’s Research UK’s 20th Annual Research Conference today (Friday 26 March).
In 2020 a landmark report by The Lancet Commission estimated that people with unaddressed midlife hearing loss are up to five times more likely to be affected by dementia than those without hearing loss. With no current treatments available that…
