Hearing aids help the brain work better and improve working memory by reducing the brain’s workload. Wearing hearing aids frees up more brain power to think, hear, and remember more easily what is being said. Studies show that people who wear hearing aids show improvements in memory.

This connection works both ways, there’s also a well-documented hearing loss and dementia link, and you can read more about how hearing loss affects memory. For more on this topic, visit the Memory & Hearing Health category.

Sarant, J., et al. (2020). The Effect of Hearing Aid Use on Cognition in Older Adults: Can We Delay Decline or Even Improve Cognitive Function? Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9010254