Hearing loss and dementia. A hearing loss alone, without the effects of dementia, also affects the ability to communicate effectively. The severity of the loss is linked with a reduced quality of life. Even a mild hearing loss can create a negative social impact.
Another child died from the flu last weekâthe ninth to die so far this season, according to new data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, the number of people who died from pneumonia and the flu continued to stay below the seasonal baseline last week. The CDC estimates 12,000 to 56,000 people may die from the flu each year.
When the flu season was first dominated by H1N1, there were almost four times as many flu cases by the last week of December 2009 compared to the last week of December 2012: 80,724 cases in all. Of those, 60,847 were H1N1. There were also 229 pediatric deaths by that time last year compared with 18 so far this year.