The Most Overlooked Dementia Prevention Tool

The Most Overlooked Dementia Prevention Tool? Your Ears.

A 2024 Lancet Commission report ranked hearing loss as the #1 modifiable risk factor for dementia — ahead of smoking, depression, and inactivity. It's linked to up to 7% of dementia cases worldwide.

The good news: it's treatable. A 2023 trial found that adults at higher risk who wore hearing aids consistently for three years cut their cognitive decline by 48%.

Most people wait about 10 years after first noticing hearing changes before doing anything about it. The early signs usually aren't "the TV's too quiet" — they're struggling in noisy restaurants or asking people to repeat themselves more often.

Two things to do this week:

1. Over 50 and any of this sounds familiar? Get your hearing checked — most insurance covers it, and OTC hearing aids are now available without a prescription.

2. Ask your parents when they last had a hearing test. There's a decent chance it's "never."

Curious why hearing loss affects the brain this way? (Read our Blog!)

Your ears aren't the only early-warning system. Balance, strength, and movement quality decline quietly too — often before you'd notice on your own. That's exactly what our Movement Physical screens for: a simple, twice-yearly 3D motion assessment that catches small changes before they become falls or injuries.

Two quick checks. One for your ears, one for your body. Both are easier to act on early than to fix later.

Huge Thanks to Dr. Kelly Starrett for surfacing this research.

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