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Interesting article, but I hope it doesn't give cause for hearing people to assume that because we are Deaf/HoH we also have dementia! There's already plenty of stupid people out there who ignorantly associate deafness with a lack of intelligence.
 
Actually maybe it's like cortical deafness. This is a type of deafness where there's nothing wrong with the ear, but the brain cannot process sound.
Maybe with dementia there is a special type of loss where the brain loses its agilty to process sound.
 
djchur said:
Interesting article, but I hope it doesn't give cause for hearing people to assume that because we are Deaf/HoH we also have dementia! There's already plenty of stupid people out there who ignorantly associate deafness with a lack of intelligence.
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Oh...just what we need!
 
In today's Toronto Globe & Mail there is a discussion on the article but points there is only an association. Needs far more study to arrive at some conclusion. It didn't mentioned whether deaf /Deaf persons were included. It made no mentioned if persons with Cochlear Implants are included either.

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djchur said:
Interesting article, but I hope it doesn't give cause for hearing people to assume that because we are Deaf/HoH we also have dementia! There's already plenty of stupid people out there who ignorantly associate deafness with a lack of intelligence.
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There's a special type of dementia required to be a member of a loud rock group, and the hearing loss is blamed on stupidity. They could be right. :lol:
 
I think it is nothing more than a coincidence- a lot of long term residents with dementia get confused, agitated, repeat things, should be faced when approached, etc... patients with dementia*usually* older and many older patients have hearing loss as well. In my own experience I just think they are closely related because of coincidence
 
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It says it is partly related to the isolation caused by deafness. Hearing people who are isolated develop dementia at a higher rate too.
 
Special cause for dementia in rockers groups? Right-- rocks in the head!

Does social isolation lead to dementia-excluding rockers, of course?
Next study by Prof SKY to test that hypothesis in local retirement home for "potential dementia"/normal citizens. Busy at work devising a 100 page questionnaire.

Right Bottesini- NO slacker!

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Loneliness is associated with an increased risk of late-life dementia but on the grand scale of things this is not the primary cause of dementia or alzheimers
also many people can feel lonely but not be alone
 
I guess it depends on one's personal interaction in one's social network if how one's "feels lonely". Do "hermits" feel lonely?

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drphil said:
I guess it depends on one's personal interaction in one's social network if how one's "feels lonely". Do "hermits" feel lonely?

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Some don't. Some people feel lonely among friends.
 
drphil said:
I guess it depends on one's personal interaction in one's social network if how one's "feels lonely". Do "hermits" feel lonely?

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Why not go and say "Hi" to a hermit? Then again that may be offensive.
 
PFH; no hermits in the neighbourhood. Understand relocated to The Peoples Republic of BOLDERS. Like your quiet area.

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Boulder is actually a very social place. Where else can you find a naked Halloween run? Nederland has a frozen dead guy festival, too. :cool2:
 
This is why I prefer to stay deaf. Hearing is associated with too many risks, like dementia(you have to loose hearing to risk dementia, meaning hearing in the first place).
 
flip said:
This is why I prefer to stay deaf. Hearing is associated with too many risks, like dementia(you have to loose hearing to risk dementia, meaning hearing in the first place).
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Not true. Isolation caused by deafness whether born or acquired were both seen as contributing.
 
flip said:
This is why I prefer to stay deaf. Hearing is associated with too many risks, like dementia(you have to loose hearing to risk dementia, meaning hearing in the first place).
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lose hearing not loose...sorry that is a big pet peeve of mine

and you can be at risk for dementia whether hearing or deaf. I still believe that it is just a coincidence about the hearing loss and dementia.
 
AliciaM said:
lose hearing not loose...sorry that is a big pet peeve of mine

and you can be at risk for dementia whether hearing or deaf. I still believe that it is just a coincidence about the hearing loss and dementia.
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No prob. I appreciate it when people comments my grammars and spelling.

I don't know at all, but I wouldn't be surprised, by the way this finding is presented, if the cochlear industry is trying to expand into new markets.
 
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