(HealthDay)—Taiwanese individuals between the ages of 45 and 64 years old diagnosed with hearing loss are at a greater risk for developing dementia than those without hearing loss, according to a study published online July 31 in JAMA Network Open.
Chin-Mei Liu, Ph.D., and Charles Tzu-Chi Lee, Ph.D., of the National Taiwan Normal University in Taipei, studied 16,270 participants (9,286 men; mean age, 65.2 years) newly diagnosed with hearing loss during Jan. 1, 2000, through Dec. 31, 2011, to investigate the association between hearing loss and the incidence of dementia within the general population of Taiwanese adults.
The researchers found that 1,868 of the 16,270 participants developed dementia, and the dementia…
