Yinzhou News Network (Reporter Wang Sha, Correspondent Xu Chenyan) With the aging of the population, presbycusis has become the third largest senile disease in my country. Today is the 23rd “National Ear Day”. Chief Physician Zhang Jian, an ear specialist at Li Huili Hospital of the Municipal Medical Center, reminded that among the elderly over 60 years old, the proportion of hearing loss is as high as 11%; after the age of 75, 70% to 80% of the elderly suffer from presbycusis. Hearing loss must seek medical attention in time. The elderly have a long time behind their ears and are prone to Alzheimer’s disease.
“I didn’t expect that I would be deaf.” The day before yesterday, if her daughter had not insisted on taking her to the hospital, Aunt Yu, who is in her 70s, would never have thought that she would need to wear a hearing aid.
Aunt Yu’s daughter told reporters that in recent years, she found that her mother was watching TV louder and louder, and she often heard the wrong words. She thought it was because the old man was old and slow to respond. Until a few days ago, she found that there was no one in the living room, and the TV was always on and the volume was high. My mother was in the next room, but said she didn’t hear a single sound. “As soon as I thought something was wrong, I quickly took her to the Li Huili Hospital of the Municipal Medical Center for treatment. The first examination turned out to be moderate hearing loss in both ears, and it has reached the stage where hearing aids need to be worn.”
Introduction by Zhang Jian , Many people think that only the ears can’t hear is the manifestation of deafness. In fact, many details indicate that the elderly are behind the ears. The most common symptoms are answering inappropriate questions, listening to the ear, repeating questions, speaking loudly, watching TV volume is too high, etc.
“Presbycusis is positively correlated with brain atrophy and Alzheimer’s disease. With the increase of age, the elderly will have a gradual decline in bilateral hearing, and presbycusis will reduce the external influence on the brain. Stimulation will cause accelerated brain atrophy and degeneration, which in the long run will lead to the decline of thinking and memory in the elderly, and increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.” Zhang Jian reminded that the elderly must seek medical treatment as soon as possible when hearing loss is found, and timely intervention can delay the course of the disease. The progress of the disease, and the cost and effect of treatment of different degrees of disease are not the same, long-term delay may miss the best time for treatment.