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Don't tune out: the link between hearing loss and dementia

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There are concerns former steelworkers could miss out on compensation for work related hearing loss.
There are concerns former steelworkers could miss out on compensation for work related hearing loss.(ABC News: Giulio Saggin)

Not all types of hearing loss are linked to dementia.

Press play to hear a minute with Larissa Bartlett, an ISLAND Research Fellow at the Wicking Centre for Dementia Education and Research. She explains which type of hearing loss has come up in dementia research, and theories so far on why it might impact brain health.

For more info on The ISLAND Project, the world's largest dementia prevention study (which happens to be based in Tasmania), click here

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TAS, Hearing, Neuroscience, Medical Research, Research Organisations, Academic Research
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