{"id":38262,"date":"2024-01-04T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54954d6d-c693-40fa-815e-446cb8bfc78b"},"modified":"2024-01-04T01:46:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T00:46:12","slug":"hearing-aids-reduce-risk-of-death-by-almost-25-per-cent-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/hearing-aids-reduce-risk-of-death-by-almost-25-per-cent-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing aids reduce risk of death by almost 25 per cent, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turn up the volume: it\u2019s good news for hearing aid-wearers. <\/p>

By Noa Leach\n <\/p>

Published: Thursday, 04 January 2024 at 23:30 PM<\/p>

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Not sure whether hearing aids are worth getting? Well, scientists investigated their benefits \u2013 and the results are loud and clear. In fact, new research shows that hearing aids can reduce your risk of death by almost 25 per cent.<\/p>

Despite there being 40 million adults in the USA who suffer from hearing loss, only 1 in 10 people who need hearing aids actually use them. In the UK, only 3 in 10 people who need the devices use them, though 11 million are affected by hearing loss.<\/p>

Now, researchers from the University of South Carolina in the USA hope the findings of their study will encourage people to use hearing aids.<\/p>

\u201cThese results are exciting because they suggest that hearing aids may play a protective role in people\u2019s health and prevent early death,\u201d said Dr Janet Choi<\/a>, lead researcher of the study and otolaryngologist with\u00a0Keck Medicine of USC<\/a>.<\/p>