Stop Drinking-Keep Reading- Look after your Hearing

Sarasa

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I found this article from the Guardian an interesting read.
As a deaf person I've always been rather depressed by articles that show a correlation between deafness and developing dementia. Richard Restak's opinion is that loss of vision and or hearing can lead to isolation which leads to loss of socialisation. I've certainly noticed that I feel a lot 'brighter' now I have new hearing aids as they make communicating with other people so much easier.
Like all these sort of articles it doesn't mean that following the advice will stop dementia. My mother in law was an English academic and discussing books with her was always more like taking part in a university seminar. It didn't stop her getting dementia, but it might have meant the worst affects happened later than they would have done otherwise.
 

Canadian Joanne

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Yes @Sarasa that was an interesting article. I'm glad it pointed out that even a highly intelligent person like Iris Murdoch can develop AD.

My mother read a great deal, drank perhaps 3 drinks a year and had no hearing problems. Yet she was diagnosed a month and a day after her 64th birthday. That was one age I was rather nervous about.

I still think that AD is multifactorial and it will take a very long time before all causes are teased out. I don't expect to see it in my lifetime.
 

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