THE IMPACT OF HEARING LOSS ON PHYSICAL HEALTH AND COGNITION

摘要

The investigation of links between hearing loss and other health conditions is a growing area of research, in many cases prompted by considerations of the impact of aging populations on society and the corresponding increase in the need for health care. Weinstein, in a review of hearing and health in the elderly, refers to the 'daunting' effect of increasingly widespread age-related hearing loss on other health problems.