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. 2023 Oct 1;149(10):862-863.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.2561.

Messaging Clearly and Effectively About Hearing Loss and Increased Dementia Risk

Jan Blustein  1   2 , Barbara E Weinstein  1   3 , Joshua Chodosh  1
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Messaging Clearly and Effectively About Hearing Loss and Increased Dementia Risk

Jan Blustein et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. .
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This Viewpoint argues that because both dementia and hearing loss have negative stigma, patients may avoid hearing tests and treatment for hearing loss; therefore, messages about a risk connection should be positive and lead to behavior change.

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