Se a perda auditiva não for tratada, pode aumentar o risco de outros problemas de saúde. Eis alguns exemplos:
1 Lin F.R., Metter E.J., O’Brien R.J., Resnick S.M., Zonderman A.B., Ferrucci L. 2011. Hearing Loss and Incident Dementia. Archives of Neurology, 68(2), 214-220.
2 Powell D.S., Oh E.S., Reed N.S., Lin F.R. & Deal J.A. 2022. Hearing Loss and Cognition: What We Know and Where We Need to Go. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 13.
3 Chuan-Ming Li, MD, PhD1; Xinzhi Zhang, MD, PhD2; Howard J. Hoffman, MA1; et al. Hearing Impairment Associated With Depression in US Adults, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005-2010. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2014;140(4):293-302.
4 Lawrence BJ, Jayakody DMP, Bennett RJ, Eikelboom RH, Gasson N, Friedland PL. Hearing Loss and Depression in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Gerontologist. 2020 Apr 2;60(3):e137-e154. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnz009. PMID: 30835787.
5 Lin F.R. & Ferrucci L. 2012. Hearing loss and falls among older adults in the United States. Archives of Internal Medicine, 172(4), 369-371.
6 Johns Hopkins University analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, or NHANES. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association online June 11, 2013
7 Rumalla, K., Karim, A.M. and Hullar, T.E. (2015), The effect of hearing aids on postural stability. The Laryngoscope, 125: 720-723.
8 Source: Hearing Loss Association of America