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Study Links Common, Treatable Ear Conditions to Higher Odds of Dementia and Finds Treatment May Help

A new study published in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the official peer-reviewed publication of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF), finds that two common and treatable causes of conductive hearing loss--eardrum perforations and cholesteatoma, a type of abnormal skin growth in the middle ear--are associated with higher odds of dementia.

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