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518 - Why the FDA's Approval of OTC Hearing Aids is a Game Changer
Season 6 · Episode 518

518 - Why the FDA's Approval of OTC Hearing Aids is a Game Changer

Public Health On Call

September 16, 202213m 48s

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Show Notes

Hearing loss affects two-thirds of people over age 70 and is the single largest modifiable risk factor for dementia and other health problems later in life. Frank Lin, director of the Cochlear Center for Hearing & Public Health at Johns Hopkins, talks with Stephanie Desmon about the links between hearing loss and dementia, why the new approval means hearing aids will be better, cheaper, and far more available, and how to find your own "hearing number."