We typically don’t appreciate how important our sense of hearing is until it’s too late. Good hearing enhances our lives by improving our social, mental, and physical health. If you’re not protecting your hearing or ignoring your hearing loss, you are compromising your general health in ways you may not have realized. Healthy hearing has many benefits, here are a few:
Enhanced Physical Health
According to a survey performed by Hear The World Foundation, 21 percent of participants reported exercising more frequently after obtaining hearing aids. Furthermore, 34 percent of participants with hearing aids stated they were participating in sports activities at least once every week.
Better Mental Health
Clinical depression, along with the development of dementia and Alzheimer’s have been linked to hearing impairment according to researchers at Johns Hopkins. Luckily, many of these issues can be prevented or even reversed by using hearing aids.
Stronger Relationships
Communication is essential in any relationship, especially with family and friends. Aggravation, miscommunication, and ill will can result from hearing impairment. When you’re in public places that have a lot of background noise, wearing hearing aids will allow you to continue to participate in conversations.
Improved Cognitive Abilities
A study published in 2016 found that hearing aids can improve brain function in individuals with hearing impairment. Cognition is interrupted by hearing loss as the brain uses extra resources trying to hear and understand.
Less Tinnitus Symptoms
People who experience hearing impairment will be able to hear sounds they previously couldn’t when they use hearing aids. By increasing the stimulation between the brain and auditory pathways, hearing aids can help mask and reduce tinnitus symptoms. Users can also use hearing aids to manage volumes and mask tinnitus sounds.
Reduced Fatigue
If you’re spending more energy than usual to listen to and understand daily conversations, it can result in stress, sleep disruptions, tiredness, and even exhaustion. As well as helping you effectively communicate, hearing aids also help you spend less energy trying to hear.
Improved Safety
You will be better able to respond to important sounds and noises when you have healthy hearing. Sirens, alarms, cell phones, car horns, and other traffic sounds identifying approaching traffic, need to be heard and hearing aids can help you do that.
Reduced Headaches
Headaches and even migraines frequently come with tinnitus which can, in turn, make the tinnitus symptoms even worse. The intensity and frequency of headaches can be reduced by using hearing aids which decrease tinnitus symptoms.
Improved Speech
To ensure your children learn fundamental language and pronunciation skills, it is crucial to immediately address any hearing loss experienced by young children who are still building these skills. There may be fluid inside of the child’s inner middle ears canal which may need a tube to be surgically implanted for drainage. For more severe situations, children may be fitted with hearing aids to improve their hearing and ensure they’re learning to talk clearly and precisely.
Adults also communicate better and have clearer enunciation when they have strong hearing.
Greater Confidence in The Workplace
If you’re going to perform your everyday work tasks competently, you need to be able to hear. Not being able to hear important conversations with your coworkers can lead to misunderstandings, missed deadlines, and unfinished tasks. Using hearing aids can help you prevent these problems, and allow you to take greater pride and satisfaction in your career. Improved communication skills will make your relationship with your coworkers better also.
If you believe you’re experiencing hearing loss and are tired of missing important conversations, you should speak to a hearing professional in your area immediately. These professionals can help identify your level of hearing loss, as well as whether your hearing – and overall health – would benefit from wearing hearing aids.
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References
- https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/hearing_loss_accelerates_brain_function_decline_in_older_adults
- https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/in-the-journals-hearing-aids-may-help-improve-brain-function#:~:text=A%20study%20to%20be%20published,according%20to%20lead%20researcher%20Dr.