Dementia: Hearing Impairment
Commons · Question 50114 · Tabled 6 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 May 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of hearing loss causing dementia.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 13 May 2025
The 2024 update of the Lancet Commission suggests that approximately 45% of global dementia cases are estimated to be potentially preventable or delayable. One of the 14 risk factors identified by the Lancet Commission for dementia is hearing loss.The Dep...