Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 50114

Dementia: Hearing Impairment

Tabled: 6 May 2025

Answered: 13 May 2025

Question

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

Stephen Kinnock

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...

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