Research has shown that with prolonged hearing loss untreated over eight or more years, there is a shrinkage of the part of the brain that decodes hearing (the auditory cortex). If a long wait occurs prior to treatment with hearing aids, the success rate reduces, because the brain is not as robust to process hearing information.
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