Wearing hearing aids can improve your overall well-being!

Living with a hearing loss does not just have to be a part of getting older. It can be treated with a hearing aid giving you your life back in full colour! Hearing aids offer better communication, connections, and even help your cognitive function.

Combat social isolation

A huge part of your overall well-being is enjoying a healthy social life. It’s no secret that suffering with a hearing loss can impact your ability to take part in conversations fully. This could be at large dinner parties, in noisy cafes or even just over the phone. Not being able to communicate fully can ultimately result in a feeling of loneliness and isolation. Treating your hearing loss with hearing aids means you will not miss these little bits of conversation.

Being able to hear clearly again will result in an improvement of your social life.

Hearing aids help cognitive function

Studies have shown that untreated hearing loss can be linked to a higher risk of cognitive decline, such as dementia. Early intervention of hearing loss is pivotal in protecting against the risk of developing dementia. Hearing loss may begin in a person’s 40’s but remain untreated for the next 20-25 years. This could result in a gradual cognitive decline, most likely unnoticeable for a very long time, before a dementia diagnosis is given.

It’s important to keep your brain stimulated and healthy.

A hearing loss can put a higher strain on your brain as it needs to work harder to process sound. By wearing hearing aids, you can reduce this strain meaning your brain can remain sharper.

Hearing aids can help maintain balance

If you have a hearing loss, and wisely choose to treat that hearing loss with hearing aids, it can greatly decrease your risk of falling. Research has shown that wearing hearing aids can actually reduce the risk of falling by 50%. Hearing aids will help to improve awareness of your surroundings, but will also positively impact the vestibular system. It is important that once you are prescribed hearing aids, you wear them consistently.

If you are ready to begin your hearing journey, please give us a call and book in for a hearing consultation. If you feel you would like some further advice first, please don’t hesitate to reach out.