The information put him in charge of his body in a new and better way, he told me. According to The Lancet, “dementia is the greatest global challenge for health and social care in the 21st century: around 50 million people worldwide have dementia and this number is predicted to triple by 2050”. People look at ads for hearing tests in newspapers like this one and think about going, then put it off. According to The Lancet, close to one in 10 cases of dementia could be prevented by treating hearing loss in the middle aged. That’s an awful lot of dementia prevented, relatively easily, by hearing aids.

Source: Irish Examiner January 05, 2020 21:45 UTC