Hard of hearing at a drinks party linked to higher risk of dementia

“It is very plausible that discerning speech in a noisy environment could be an early symptom of dementia because this task requires extraordinary computational abilities within the brain,” says Professor David Curtis (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment).

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