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Can treating hearing loss reduce dementia risk? (peterattiamd.com)
12 points by jger15 on July 30, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



This should be intuitively obvious. Anything and everything that makes you actually use your brain reduces risk of dementia and cognitive decline and sensory inputs are always on.

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