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Hidden Hearing Loss Effects

Posted Today Chronic conductive hearing loss, a condition that can result from middle-ear infections, may interfere with speech recognition deficits, according to the results of a new study led by Harvard Medical School scientists at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and published in the journal Ear and Hearing. This finding suggests that not properly treating infections...

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The way the brain processes speech could serve as a predictor of early dementia

Early dementia is typically associated with memory and thinking problems; but older adults should also be vigilant about hearing and communication problems, suggest recent findings in a joint Baycrest-University of Memphis study. Within older adults who scored below the normal benchmark on a dementia screening test, but have no noticeable communication problems, scientists have discovered a new potential...