Elderly people with hearing loss may become socially isolated, so diagnosing hearing loss and treating the condition with hearing aids should be supported, reports [s]Health24[/s]. Anne Ingeborg Berg researcher at the [b]University of Gothenburg[/b] and author of the study in the [s]Journal of Personality[/s], said: ‘To our knowledge, this is the first time a link between hearing and personality changes has been established in longitudinal studies.’
[link url=http://www.health24.com/Medical/Hearing-management/News/Hearing-loss-can-make-elderly-feel-more-isolated-20140410]Full Health24 report[/link]
[link url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jopy.12030/abstract]JP abstract[/link]