Hearing loss can seriously impact how you live, even when it’s mild. The way you communicate with friends, coworkers, and family members can change significantly. Daily tasks like going to the grocery store can grow more difficult. But that doesn’t mean it needs to be all doom and gloom. On the contrary, a well adjusted set of hearing aids can make a huge difference.
Most individuals normally think of those advantages in a very linear sort of way: Hearing aids help you hear better. And that’s not untrue. But how is the quality of life enhanced? What further benefits will hearing aids deliver?
Hearing aid’s top ten advantages
It’s kind of amazing, isn’t it, how humans can so often produce top ten lists for anything? When you got up today, did you think you’d be reading a top ten list about hearing aids? I mean, if you’ve been aware of your hearing loss for a while… maybe you did!
So, what are the top ten benefits linked to wearing your hearing aid? Here they are!
1. Your relationships will get better
For any relationship to be strong, good communication is essential. But communication can be problematic when you have untreated hearing loss. But when you wear hearing aids, you’ll be able to hear the whole conversation without missing anything. You’ll be able to follow along with the conversation and get the whole story.
You won’t be resentful and feel left out of conversations. So you will have an improvement in your relationships with family, friends, and coworkers. The connection between hearing aids and relationships is a strong one!
2. You’ll be more independent
Shopping at the supermarket or going to a restaurant when you’re dealing with untreated hearing loss can feel like an ordeal. Trying to communicate with wait staff and cashiers can be challenging when you can’t hear very well. But the entire process becomes easier when you use hearing aids. You can navigate much more independently.
You’ll also be in a better position to drive safely. That’s because your general situational awareness will be improved by your hearing aids. You won’t be as anxious about doing things without help when you can hear the world more clearly.
3. Stronger hearing could lead to higher income
Think about this hypothetical scenario: if you’re in a meeting at work and miss half of what’s said, you may not do your job quite as well. This can lead to diminished job prospects and being passed-up for promotions.
When you’re wearing properly tuned hearing aids, you will be less exhausted from struggling to hear, and following along with those meetings will be a lot easier. This can improve your focus on work and put you in a better position to increase your income.
4. Your tinnitus symptoms will lessen
Tinnitus is one of those things that the majority of individuals have experienced now and again; it’s that ringing or buzzing in your ear. Tinnitus symptoms will normally be more intense and more often with hearing loss (there are a host of explanations for this, sometimes the tinnitus is only relatively noisier because everything else is so quiet, for example).
Many people observe that their tinnitus symptoms ease up when they use a hearing aid. In these circumstances, that’s because the hearing aid is overpowering the sound of the tinnitus. But we will take relief where we can get it, right?
5. Lower risk of mental decline
There is a solid link between mental decline and hearing loss. Your chance of developing cognitive decline can be seriously elevated by disregarding hearing loss, for instance. There are lots of theories about why this might be, but the bottom line is that treating your hearing loss appears to be helpful! That’s why it’s not a good idea to forget to wear your hearing aid. You could be helping the health of your brain!
6. You can enjoy music again
When you have hearing loss music is more difficult to hear clearly. That’s because hearing loss is likely to effect one frequency of sound first, then another. For instance, you might be unable to pick up low frequencies. Because of this, the song you used to enjoy might just sound… strange.
You will be able to appreciate music again with your hearing aids filling in the missing sound. You’ll get the high notes and the low notes, instead of just one or the other (or a garbled mess). It can be a great relief to hear your favorite song again.
7. Your confidence will improve
Your confidence will be boosted when you can hear better and have more successful interactions. And who doesn’t like confidence?
This isn’t to say that hearing loss should rob you of your confidence. We’re simply saying that you might find yourself having a difficult time interacting with others, especially if your hearing loss is new.
A hearing aid can make those connections easier again. And when that happens, confidence will grow.
8. Your vitality will be increased
Your brain is probably working extra hard if your hearing loss is slowly advancing. The audio holes that your hearing loss is creating will try to be filled in by your brain because it doesn’t know that your ears aren’t functioning. That’s… a lot of work! And so, your brain is under persistent strain.
When you get a hearing aid, you’re giving your brain a chance to slow down and refresh. It won’t need to work as hard. With this, constant exhaustion and fatigue will be lessened. You’ll have more energy to do the things you love to do!
9. Being more aware of your surroundings will keep you safer
If your hearing loss is recent, you might not yet have fully adapted. Usually, you would hear approaching traffic before you step out into the road. You’re used to hearing the ambulance siren before you check the rearview mirror.
You may assume certain situations are safe when, because you’re unaware of your hearing loss, or you’ve ignored it, they really aren’t. And that can be a dangerous proposition.
This lost awareness will be restored by using hearing aids. Your decision making will be smarter and less hazardous.
10. You will set a good example!
The one thing that can be even more difficult than change is personal growth. When you get a hearing aid, you’re admitting that something isn’t necessarily working right anymore. But you’re improving yourself as well.
That’s a positive thing! It’s the kind of thing we should all work for! So you’re becoming a role model and a positive example when you use your hearing aids. (It’s fine, you can blush a bit, you deserve it.)
Have your hearing checked as soon as you can
The biggest advantage of hearing aids is that you get to experience hearing better. That one’s obvious. But there are plenty of advantages to using hearing aids. This top ten list is just that, one little list of just ten of these benefits.
Your top ten list may look a little different. No matter what benefits you look forward to the most, the first step is scheduling an appointment with us to have your hearing tested.