We typically don’t appreciate how important our sense of hearing is until it’s too late. Socially, mentally and physically, our lives are improved with good hearing. If you’re not protecting your hearing or disregarding your hearing loss, you are compromising your overall health in ways you might not have recognized. Here are just a few of the many benefits of healthy hearing:

Improved Physical Health

After getting hearing aids, 21 percent of people who responded to a Hear The World Foundation survey reported exercising more often. And at least once every week, 34 percent of respondents reported undertaking some sporting activity.

Improved Mental Health

According to studies by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, hearing loss has been linked to clinical depression, and also an increased risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The good news is, the use of hearing aids has been shown to help reverse or prevent many of these issues.

Improved Relationships

Communication is necessary in any relationship, especially with family and friends. Hearing loss can result in miscommunication, aggravation, and ill will. 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 Mental Abilities

In individuals with hearing impairment, a 2016 study revealed that wearing hearing aids improves brain function. Cognition is disrupted by hearing loss as the brain makes use of additional resources trying to hear and understand.

Fewer Tinnitus Symptoms

People who experience hearing impairment will be able to hear sounds they previously couldn’t when they use hearing aids. Tinnitus symptoms can be hidden by a hearing aid’s ability to boost stimulus between the brain and auditory pathways. Hearing aids also offer volume controls that allow the wearer to effectively mask tinnitus sounds.

Decreased Fatigue

Anxiety, fatigue, and exhaustion can be the outcome when you need to use extra energy to hear and understand what people are saying. 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 react to important sounds and noises when you have good hearing. Sirens, alarms, cell phones, car horns, and other traffic sounds indicating approaching traffic, need to be heard and hearing aids will help you do that.

Reduced Headaches

Headaches and even migraines commonly accompany tinnitus which can, in turn, make the tinnitus symptoms worse. The intensity and frequency of headaches can be reduced by wearing hearing aids which decrease tinnitus symptoms.

Improved Speech

To ensure your children learn fundamental language and pronunciation skills, it is imperative to immediately deal with any hearing loss experienced by young children who are still building these skills. There might be fluid in the child’s inner middle ears canal which may require a tube to be surgically implanted for drainage. For more severe conditions, children could be fitted with hearing aids to enhance their hearing and ensure they’re learning to speak clearly and accurately.

Adults also communicate better and have clearer articulation when their hearing is strong.

Increased Workplace Confidence

If you’re going to complete your everyday work tasks competently, you need to be able to hear. Not being able to hear important conversations with your coworkers can cause misunderstandings, missed deadlines, and unfinished tasks. Using hearing aids can help you prevent these problems, and allow you to have greater pride and fulfillment in your career. Better workplace communication and increased production will also elevate the disposition of your coworkers.

If you suspect you’re developing hearing impairment and are fed up with missing out on important conversations, you should get in touch with a hearing professional in your area as soon as possible. They can help you decide if hearing aids will help you hear better and enhance your general health.

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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.