A hearing aid will protect against senility

Installation of hearing AIDS and cataract surgery can prevent senile dementia. The impressive results of the study show that these treatments slow the rate of age-related loss of intelligence by 75%.

Traditionally it is considered that senile dementia is incurable, and there are no drugs that could slow the progression of this disease. All currently available drugs are directed only at reducing symptoms of a disease that causes its victims to death for several years. Now, however, scientists have found that the use of hearing AIDS or surgical intervention in the treatment of cataracts can prevent dementia. Both of these varieties of treatment slow down the process of cognitive decline in activity of the brain by 75%. Magicforum reminds us that cognitive activity affects memory and thinking processes, science has proven that it is starting to fade, if a person loses hearing or sight.

However, two large-scale research, researchers from the University of Manchester showed that the process of decline in cognitive performance can be stopped through surgical treatment of cataract and active use of hearing AIDS. The study authors call the results obtained are very impressive, because humanity badly needed an effective tool to counter dementia. The number of cases each year in different countries of the world increases, due to increasing life expectancy.

People need to receive constant information through ears and eyes. If the quality and quantity of this information is reduced which is observed in victims of cataracts and deafness, the process of age-related loss of intellectual skills aktiviziruyutsya. But the restoration of hearing and sight allows to preserve the physical and social human activity that protects it from senile dementia. (READ MORE)