Difficulty distinguishing spoken words from background noise, called speech-in-noise hearing impairment, was associated with increased risk for Parkinson's disease (PD), with a 57% elevation in risk ...

There may be a link between hearing impairment and an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s according to research led by Lancaster University. This is one of the first studies to examine whether ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The prevalence of ocular comorbidity was 26.5%, the most common of which was glaucoma (46.2%). Ocular disease ...

Approximately one-third of people between the ages of 65 and 74 and half of people over age 75 have some type of hearing impairment or loss. 1 Despite its high prevalence, however, hearing loss ...

As people age, some of the commonly experienced psychomotor, visual, and cognitive declines can interfere with the ability to safely drive, often leading to situational avoidance of challenging ...

Hearing loss is linked to a heightened risk of developing heart failure, with the psychological distress caused by the impairment taking a key role in the observed association, finds a large long term ...

HAZMIEH, Lebanon – Born deaf and living as a Syrian refugee in Lebanon, eight-year-old Mohammed has faced more hurdles than most during his short lifetime. But thanks to the support of a remarkable ...