Do hearing aids help older people think better and feel better?

If you're older and have trouble hearing, using hearing aids might help keep your brain sharper and lower your chances of developing dementia.

Even if an older person has worse memory or thinking skills, it doesn’t change how much better they feel or how much easier it is to listen after getting hearing aids — the hearing aids help just as much no matter their brain health.

If older adults with moderate hearing loss wear hearing aids for three months, they often feel like their daily life gets better and listening to people becomes less tiring.

Older adults who were having mild memory or thinking problems got noticeably better at memory tests after wearing hearing aids for three months.