Most people think of hearing loss as an inconvenience. What they don't realize is that untreated hearing loss quietly rewires how the brain processes information, pushes people out of conversations they once loved, and as new research is showing dramatically increases the risk of ending up back in the emergency room.

In this episode, two geriatricians explore the hearing loss crisis hiding in plain sight: the patients who nod along in clinic visits without hearing half of what was said, the simple amplification tools that change everything, and the question no one seems to be asking often enough.

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