Hearing loss, exercise, . . . and other stories
BMJ 2021; 373 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n1154 (Published 13 May 2021) Cite this as: BMJ 2021;373:n1154
Hearing loss and physical activity
Older people with hearing loss engage in less physical activity than their contemporaries with unimpaired hearing, according to a cross sectional study from the US. It’s possible that depression and social isolation, which are known to be commoner in deaf people, are part of the explanation. But hearing loss may have a direct effect by reducing people’s ability to monitor their environment while taking exercise (JAMA Netw Open doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.5484).
Lateropulsion in hemisphere stroke
Propulsion means driving forward and expulsion means driving out. By analogy, lateropulsion should mean driving to one side, and that’s the sense in which the word is used in a study of patients with …
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