The surprising link between hearing loss, loneliness, and lifespan

Hearing loss doesn’t just affect how people hear the world — it can also change how they connect with it.

A new study from the USC Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, part of Keck Medicine of USC, published today in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, is the first to link hearing aids and cochlear implants, surgically implanted devices that help those with profound hearing loss perceive sound, to improved social lives among adults with hearing loss.

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