By Elizabeth Agnvall, AARP, Dec 2022 Experts Demystify Hearing Loss A discussion covering the crucial connection between health and hearing, including advice on new over-the-counter hearing aids. At an AARP virtual event, Frank Lin, M.D., and audiologist Nicholas Reed, authors of the new 'Hearing Loss for Dummies,' spoke with AARP editor Neil Wertheimer about how to navigate hearing loss, including advice on new over-the-counter hearing aids. ​ Lin and Reed described how to t

By Michelle Crouch, Sept 2022, AARP More than 600 drugs have been linked to hearing loss and tinnitus, including over-the-counter pain relievers. It’s normal to experience hearing loss and balance issues as you get older. But before you chalk up those problems to age, experts say you should consider whether a medication could be damaging your ears. More than 600 medicines have been linked to hearing loss, ringing in the ear (tinnitus) or balance problems. The list of so-calle

The rate of falls and the serious injuries and deaths from them has continued to increase over the last decade for elderly Americans. The rise in deaths from falls each year since 2007 has been dramatic. In the most recently available numbers from the CDC in 2016, fall-related deaths for people 85-and-older increased by more than 79%. While that group experienced the largest increase, the numbers are up across the board for elderly Americans age 65-and-older. Men, in particul