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*** new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found up to 32% of dementia cases in older adults may be tied to hearing loss. It affects your brain, and when your brain is struggling to make sense of what people are saying, it puts strain on it and it takes away from memory and thinking. So those parts of the brains aren't stimulated anymore. Elaine Bachman, *** hearing specialist with Belton Hearing Care Center, says hearing loss can happen gradually. Any hearing loss is something you'd be concerned about. Even *** mild loss, and this is *** study through Johns Hopkins, *** mild loss can double your chances for risk for dementia. But there are ways to mitigate the risk of dementia. Early intervention of treating hearing loss with *** hearing aid helps you to be part of the community again. Go out, socialize. When people can't hear, they kind of don't go to restaurants anymore. They can't hear when they go get their prescription. It's very frustrating and it causes social isolation. According to the National Institutes of Health, hearing aids reduce the rate of cognitive decline in older adults by nearly 50%. Bachmann says getting *** hearing test around the age of 50 is *** good idea unless you experience other changes. If you're struggling to hear the If you're at *** dinner with your loved ones and you can't hear what anyone's saying, you know, you're just kind of sitting back laughing when they laugh and saying yes when you don't even know what they're asking or you notice that about *** family member.