If you have hearing loss, you have a greater chance of developing dementia, according to a 2020 Lancet commission report that lists hearing loss as one of the top risk factors for dementia.

Hearing loss doesn’t just mean you need to turn up the TV. It means take it seriously, get tested and if you need hearing aids, wear them.

I do, and I wouldn’t be without them.

Hearing aids are much less obtrusive than reading glasses, and we all cope with those. With the added bonus that I don’t lose them, sit on them or tip them on the floor when I stand up 😂

Brain strain and social isolation

Hearing loss can make the brain work harder, forcing it to strain to hear and fill in the gaps. That comes at the expense of other thinking and memory systems.

Another danger is hearing loss can lead you to be less socially engaged, which is hugely important to remaining intellectually stimulated and that in turn has been show to help reduce the impacts of dementia and other diseases of aging.

Which one?

So from the two images which one do you reckon is the super trendy new bone-conduction headphone (as featured in GQ) and which is an over the counter hearing aid?