Hearing aids shouldn’t be a hinderance to your life or your lifestyle. Hearing issues shouldn’t hold you back from taking pleasure in your favorite activities. In general, it’s alright to wear hearing aids while exercising or participating in activities that increase the heart rate.
Just be sure you are informed about the correct maintenance and care for your hearing devices. Provided you take proper precautions to decrease moisture, prevent loss, and have a consistent post-workout plan, you should be able to enjoy all kinds of exercise and play.
Safeguard your hearing aids: Utilize clips on your clothing, retainers, or sports headbands to anchor them and keep them dry. This will help stop them from falling or becoming damaged.
Protect Against Moisture: Purchase a cover to soak up sweat and/or use a sweatband.
Ensure Proper Fit: This is important as your body is continuously moving while you work out. Hearing aids should fit snugly so they can’t move during your workout.
Keep Them Dry and Clean After Exercising: Just as you would do a cooldown after your workout, your hearing aids need a similar routine for proper upkeep. Clean down with a soft cloth to remove sweat and debris, use a puffer to remove any moisture, and store them correctly. Avoid exposing them to water, cleaning products, heat, or direct sunlight.
Advantages of Hearing Aids During Workouts
You can wear your hearing aids during a variety of physical activities like exercising at the gym, running outside, playing softball, or participating in other exercise regimens. Along with being able to use them during these activities, your hearing aids are expected to enhance your overall experience and contribute to your safety.
- Many sports require communication between teammates. Trying to catch a fly ball with three players looking up can be a potential injury scenario without communicating with each other. You want to be able to hear your teammate clearly yell “Got it” to avoid accidents.
- On occasion, environmental sounds can hamper the performance of hearing aids. You may want to be able to hear the guidelines in a loud gym setting. Consult an audiologist to make a personalized setting that decreases ambient noise.
- Listening to music you love can be pleasurable and make your exercise session go by quicker.
Configure your hearing aids to connect via Bluetooth and enjoy listening to music while you run or exercise.
Wearing your hearing aids during walks or runs can help you stay perceptive to important sounds in your surroundings, such as the sirens of emergency vehicles or car horns.
Contact us if you have further concerns about using your hearing aids while
exercising and sweating.
Sources:
Hearing Aids and Sweat Impact|Miracle-Ear
Exercising with Hearing Aids|Tips & Advice|Amplifon AU