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Get your hearing checked!
Hearing loss is one of the risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease that we can do something about. The RNID have developed an easy online hearing test, that you can do anytime and will let you know if you should go for a further check up. 
In partnership with the RNID and West Sussex County Council, the Sussex Brain Bus is helping the bus-riding population of Brighton and West Sussex access the test. There are now Sussex Brain Bus banners on all thirty 700 buses, with links to the test and info on keeping your brains healthy.
Click here to do the RNID Online Hearing Test
Click here to do the RNID Online Hearing Test
The Facts: How Hearing Aids can help with Alzheimer Prevention..
Evidence suggests that managing hearing loss can reduce or delay the impact of dementia. 40% of people over 50 have hearing loss, so it's important to get our hearing checked.
When hearing loss is diagnosed, it can easily be managed with hearing aids.
Being able to communicate and chat with friends and family improves our wellbeing, reduces the risk of depression and social isolation, and slows memory decline.
Find out more at: https://RNID.org.uk/
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
Evidence suggests that managing hearing loss can reduce or delay the impact of dementia. 40% of people over 50 have hearing loss, so it's important to get our hearing checked.
When hearing loss is diagnosed, it can easily be managed with hearing aids.
Being able to communicate and chat with friends and family improves our wellbeing, reduces the risk of depression and social isolation, and slows memory decline.
Find out more at: https://RNID.org.uk/
Royal National Institute for Deaf People
The social brain: interacting our way to healthy ageing
Working with colleagues at Osaka University, Japan, Dr Sarah King will study the biological impact of social isolation and establish a new interdisciplinary model of healthy social behaviour across the lifespan. The project has been funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
Project Details
Social interaction is critical for healthy living and longevity. Japanese researchers are at the forefront of this area, being the first to recognise and study the impact of social withdrawal in teenagers and young adults (Hikikomori) and the benefits of social interaction and strong social structures on healthy ageing through the study of the country’s centenarians - Japan has the highest prevalence of people aged over 100 years. Read more about the Osaka University Research Project
Project Details
Social interaction is critical for healthy living and longevity. Japanese researchers are at the forefront of this area, being the first to recognise and study the impact of social withdrawal in teenagers and young adults (Hikikomori) and the benefits of social interaction and strong social structures on healthy ageing through the study of the country’s centenarians - Japan has the highest prevalence of people aged over 100 years. Read more about the Osaka University Research Project
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