It is easy to take our senses, like hearing, for granted – but over over 65 experience some degree of hearing loss, either due to degenerative effects of aging or accumulative exposure to loud noises.When we think about the consequences of hearing loss, we might immediately think about how it would make communication with family and friends more difficult, or how we would miss the sounds of music in songs and films. But the detrimental effects of hearing loss go beyond reduced access to sounds.  In a review , researchers investigated an understudied consequence of hearing loss:...…It is easy to take our senses, like hearing, for granted – but over over 65 experience some degree of hearing loss, either due to degenerative effects of aging or accumulative exposure to loud noises.When we think about the consequences of hearing loss, we might immediately think about how it would make communication with family and friends more difficult, or how we would miss the sounds of music in songs and films. But the detrimental effects of hearing loss go beyond reduced access to sounds.  In a review , researchers investigated an understudied consequence of hearing loss:...WW…