A hearing check is quick, simple and takes around 15 minutes using headphones. Image: MVProductions/stock.adobe.com. During Dementia Action Week, Hearing Australia is urging people, especially those aged 50 and over, to make hearing checks part of their regular health routine due to evidence suggesting that addressing hearing loss early may help reduce the risk of dementia....
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No actionable change — this is a public awareness campaign reinforcing existing guidance to screen older adults for hearing loss; the hearing-dementia link is already well established in clinical circles.
Awareness campaigns like this can drive patient referrals and reinforce the audiology profession's role in broader healthy-ageing and dementia-prevention conversations.
- 01Hearing Australia is urging adults 50+ to schedule routine hearing checks during Dementia Action Week.
- 02The campaign highlights the established association between untreated hearing loss and increased dementia risk.
- 03Initiative targets a broad community audience rather than clinicians specifically.
- 04No new clinical data or guidelines are introduced — this is a public health advocacy message.
There is a link between hearing health and dementia risk.
press releasepartially supportedRoutine hearing checks for people aged 50 and over should be part of regular health schedules.
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