How We Hear and How to Improve Hearing: Dr. Cliff Olson 

Dr. Cliff Olson is an Audiologist, founder of Applied Hearing
Solutions in Phoenix, Arizona, and former Marine. Dr. Olson has
devoted his entire career to treating individuals with hearing
loss to get them their communication back and potentially stave
off the negative consequence of cognitive decline. Dr. Olson
shares everything we need to know about hearing loss from the
different kinds, the connection between hearing loss and
cognitive decline, how to approach hearing aids, and more. 


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What are the different types of hearing loss? How can we prevent
and treat hearing loss? What is the difference between an
audiologist, ENT, otologist? What is the impact of today’s
earbuds and headphones? What is the connection between hearing
loss and cognitive decline? What are cochlear implants? What is
tinnitus? 


“Hearing loss really is a silent epidemic because once you start
losing your hearing you don’t really know what you’re
missing. 


“The funny thing about the human brain is that your brain will
reorganize the way that it processes information if you’re
missing access to speech information.” 


“If you’re someone who is 65 years old and you have not had an
actual, legitimate baseline hearing test by an audiologist, you
need to find an audiologist in your area and schedule a baseline
test whether you think you have hearing loss or not.” 


“It only takes as little as 3 months with mild level hearing loss
for your brain to start changing the way that it processes
information.” 


“If you have mild level hearing loss you are 2x more likely to
develop dementia. If you have moderate hearing loss you are 3x
more likely and if you have severe hearing loss you are 5x more
likely to develop dementia.” 


“Hearing loss is the leading potentially modifiable risk factor
for dementia later in life and it accounts for 9% of your overall
risk of developing dementia.” 


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