Dr. Konstantina Stankovic

So now there is mounting evidence for a strong link between hearing loss and dementia.

It's not that everyone with hearing loss will develop dementia.

However, we are trying to identify who is at risk.

Hearing loss is a huge problem.

It currently affects one and a half billion people and disables half a billion of them.

And the World Health Organization estimates that another billion will be affected by 2050.

Thank you.

Absolutely.

So hearing loss is a huge problem.

It currently affects one and a half billion people and disables half a billion of them.

And the World Health Organization estimates that another billion will be affected by 2050.

So this is an enormous issue.

And it's really underappreciated and stigmatized, and lots of people live in silence.

For example, for those who have problems with their vision, they wear glasses, and glasses can restore their vision back to normal, to the point that people now wear glasses even if they don't need them.

It's a fashion statement.

However, that's not the case for hearing loss.

And it's because hearing aids are aids, like the name says.

They don't restore hearing back to normal.

So to answer your question, I think we really should review how hearing works.

So the way we hear is when sound comes and travels down the ear canal, it vibrates the eardrum.