https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-physical-older-adults-loss.html
Researchers from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (COMD) have partnered with faculty from across the Arnold School and USC to complete a study investigating the connections among physical function, blood pressure, hearing and cognition among older adults. Published in Scientific Reports, the team found that participants who maintained higher levels of physical function (i.e., engaging in everyday physical activities) were less likely to experience hearing loss.
"Aging has long been associated with decreases in physical, sensory and cognitive functions, and scientists and clinicians previously assumed that cardiovascular health was the common underlying factor in these declines," says Jean Neils-Strunjas, chair of the COMD department and lead author on the study.
"However, our research showed that systolic blood pressure—a measure of cardiovascular health that increases with age—did not appear to affect hearing loss, while physical function seemed to have a protective effect in the group we studied, which was comprised mostly of educated women."
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