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Hearing aid use linked to a reduction in falling

Older adults with hearing loss in both ears are half as likely to fall if they use hearing aids compared to their peers who do not wear hearing aids, according to a new survey analysis.

Wearing the hearing aids consistently reduces this risk even further, the survey found.

 

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    Sandra Vandenhoff

    Dr. Sandra Vandenhoff is an audiologist with hearing loss, founder of HEARa, Hearing Rehabilitation teacher, and Canadian author, who does not remember saying on her first day of wearing hearing aids: "Mom, I can hear my shoelaces!"

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