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Old age and hearing loss: lack of screening ends up being costly

THE ESSENTIALS Hearing loss, which occurs with age, remains insufficiently detected and treated. However, the data clearly shows that wearing hearing aids prevents falls as well as cognitive decline. Failing to adequately address the issue of hearing in policies for the elderly has a health cost, but also an economic one. Long relegated to the status of a minor ailment of aging, hearing loss is still too often perceived as an unavoidable inconvenience. Yet, in older people, its effects go far beyond mere difficulty hearing: it can compromise independence, undermine daily safety, and impair the quality of care. And, as

14 Sep 2026 2:25 pm