Project overview
Unmanaged hearing loss results in disability in older age. Hearing aids and cochlear implants can restore hearing and may preserve brain health. We want to increase awareness of the links between brain health, dementia, and poor hearing to empower people to seek hearing-healthcare.
We want to make these messages relevant and liveable. People at greatest risk of dementia are in lower socioeconomic groups with the barriers of less agency and entitlement. This is compounded for people from minority ethnic groups.
We will extend our outreach on hearing loss in the community to include underserved communities in conversations about brain health and dementia.
We will evaluate the effectiveness of a period of working with communities in their gathering places to improve the engagement of a wider community in thinking about their own brain health, their willingness to get engaged in research and to encourage and enable positive behaviour change.
Funding: Public and Community Development Fund 2023 - 2024
We want to make these messages relevant and liveable. People at greatest risk of dementia are in lower socioeconomic groups with the barriers of less agency and entitlement. This is compounded for people from minority ethnic groups.
We will extend our outreach on hearing loss in the community to include underserved communities in conversations about brain health and dementia.
We will evaluate the effectiveness of a period of working with communities in their gathering places to improve the engagement of a wider community in thinking about their own brain health, their willingness to get engaged in research and to encourage and enable positive behaviour change.
Funding: Public and Community Development Fund 2023 - 2024
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