Dr. Majid Fotuhi

It's like a car that needs an oil change and the tires need to be changed.

and you need to change some of the fluids and you need to change the brakes.

It's not that car has fallen apart, it's just maintenance issues are overdue.

So the stage of age associated memory impairment is fixable easily.

And my recommendation to your audience is that if you are a young or middle-aged person, or if you're an older person who has these typical memory lapses, which I mentioned, don't think of Alzheimer's disease.

to ask yourself, what are the possible things that can help you?

I mean, in my book, I have a list of 40 questions that help people navigate simple things, hearing loss.

In fact, this is one of the most common factors for memory impairment.

You know, I had a family member

whose father had early signs of quote unquote Alzheimer's disease.

He was withdrawn.

He wasn't participating in conversations.

He was repeating himself.

And the family was convinced that he had Alzheimer's disease.

So I talked to the guy.

I mean, I know him and I talked to him and I,

While I was talking to him, he wasn't quite hearing me.

I had to speak really loudly.

And I said, how long have you had hearing loss?

He said, oh, for a long time, I hate hearing aids.