You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone
It’s an age old adage but it has stood the test of time for a reason. Hearing loss generally occurs gradually, so you start to miss out on things you used to hear all the time, without even noticing.
If you look on our previous blog ‘The Link Between Hearing and Dementia’ you will see that the correlation between the two has been present for many years. However, the risk of dementia is not the only reason that you should be taking care of your hearing health.
Many people who decide to start using hearing aids have noted that they become increasingly disengaged socially, and struggle in groups. Hearing loss can often cause speech noises to be lost against background noise, causing the individual to become embarrassed about having to ask for things to be repeated.
Hearing family and friends talking, watching the TV, and hearing on the phone are other common struggles that people with a hearing loss experience. Eventually they will also miss out on birdsong, music, and many of the other simple pleasures in life that we take for granted.
Taking care of your hearing health means addressing the loss before it is too late. Using a hearing aid can reduce deterioration of hearing, meaning that you can retain hearing for longer in life.
Ultimately, taking care of your hearing health means having an improved quality of life.