Kimberly Goad

AARP Hearing Center Getting older. A sedentary lifestyle. Low levels of calcium. All of these are well-known risk factors for osteoporosis, a condition that causes bones to weaken and becomes more common with age. But there’s another lesser-known one that... See more

AARP Hearing Center About 29 million adults in the U.S. could benefit from wearing hearing aids, but fewer than 1 in 5 of them do. Why? “They make you look (and feel) old.” “They’re too expensive.” “They’re unattractive.” “They’re hard to use.” Or so goes... See more

Centro de recursos Puntos principales: - El deterioro cognitivo leve es diferente del envejecimiento normal. - El DCL no es lo mismo que la demencia, pero puede progresar a demencia. - Hay dos tipos principales de DCLy muchas causas potenciales. El DCL pu... See more

AARP Hearing Center Key takeaways: - Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) causes cognitive changes that are serious enough to be noticed, but don’t affect the person’s ability to live independently. - Not everyone with MCI is eventually diagnosed with dementia... See more