近年来随着医学的进步和大众健康意识的提升,关于听力损失与认知健康关联研究也越来越多。以下是其中一些研究和结论:
· 与听力正常的同龄人相比,患有听力损失未作干预的人患痴呆的速度会加快30%~40%。
· 轻度、中度、重度听力损失的老人罹患老年痴呆症的比率分别是同龄人的2倍、3倍和5倍。
· 听阈(人能听到的最小声音强度)每上升10分贝,出现认知能力障碍的概率便会增加20%。
关于存在这种关联的原因,科学家们还在持续进行研究,但提出了几个有力的理论:
· 长期的听觉剥夺可能会阻止大脑接收神经信号输入,用俗话说就是“用进废退”。因此刺激大脑的听觉输入非常重要。
· 患听力损失的人倾向于减少参与社交活动和互动的频率,进而可能增加了孤立感甚至抑郁情绪,最终导致认知衰退。
· 听力损失使大脑过多地消耗能量来处理听觉信息,从而减少思考和记忆的能量和资源。
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· 助听器帮助改善听力水平,让用户听到更多声音来刺激大脑,同时提供听觉信息的传递途径。
· 佩戴助听器让用户更自信,更积极地参与社交活动,降低抑郁和社交孤立的风险。
· 助听器帮助用户更轻松地听取和理解信息,减轻认知负荷,从而降低认知衰退风险。
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