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jeffw@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

Hearing loss can lead to deadly falls, but hearing aids may cut the risk

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Hearing loss can lead to deadly falls, but hearing aids may cut the risk

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jeffw@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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  • FoundTheVegan@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    I cast feather fall every morning apparently.

  • Rusticus@lemmy.world
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    Hearing loss likely accompanies vestibular dysfunction. Not hard to explain imbalance.

    • jeffw@lemmy.worldOP
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      Then why would hearing aids fix it? I didn’t think vestibular dysfunction worked like that

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        Hearing aids won’t fix vestibular dysfunction but hearing has to help with having an additional sense. There is also a link between hearing loss and cognitive decline and hearing aids may help with that as well.

        https://drexel.edu/news/archive/2023/January/Fall-Rate-Nearly-50-Percent-Among-Older-Americans-with-Dementia#:~:text=Older adults living with dementia,hospitalization and nursing home admission.

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    Lemmy science: this is correlation, not causation.

    And that’s important, because the incidence of death in individuals (including scientists!) who don’t understand the difference is 100%

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    Same with glasses

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