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Hearing Loss and Dementia: Connections, Impact and What You Can Do About It

Original Air Date: Wednesday, November 4th, 2020 Time: 12:00 noon EST

Explore the link between hearing loss and dementia, and the importance of assessing and managing hearing loss in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. This webinar will also highlight management options and strategies that may facilitate communication with older adults with hearing loss and help to alleviate caregiver burden.
   
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Marilyn Reed, Audiologist
Marilyn Reed is the practice advisor for Audiology at Baycrest, where she has worked since 1997. She obtained her master’s degree in Audiology from the University of Southampton in England in 1976. Since moving to Canada that same year, she has worked in a variety of clinical settings, with a focus on geriatrics, rehabilitation and clinical research in the area of hearing and cognition. Marilyn Reed is currently investigating the impact of including hearing screening in the assessment protocol of a Memory Clinic; she is also providing a community-based hearing rehabilitation program for at-risk older adults.