Treating Hearing Loss Before 70: Why Timing Matters

Treating Hearing Loss Before 70: Why Timing Matters

A major 7-year study just found that hearing aids significantly reduced dementia risk — but didn't improve memory test scores. This week, Dr. Garrett unpacks why those findings aren't in conflict, and what they mean for anyone living with untreated hearing loss.

The research, published in Neurology in February 2026 by Monash University, followed 2,777 older adults over seven years. Hearing aid users showed similar annual cognitive test scores — but meaningfully lower dementia rates. Dr. Garrett explains why: cognitive test scores capture current function while dementia risk accumulates slowly, invisibly, through mechanisms like effortful listening load and social withdrawal.

He also breaks down a Framingham Heart Study analysis that found the strongest protective effect in people under 70 — and what that means for the "I'll wait until it gets worse" approach most patients default to.

If you've been watching the dementia-hearing research closely — or you're trying to figure out what to tell a parent who keeps putting this off — this episode gives you the clinical framework to make that case.

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Why Two Hearing Aids Are Better Than One (The Neuroscience Explained)

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The First Gene Therapy for Hearing Loss: Breakthrough or Hype?

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