Even when it’s somewhat mild, hearing loss can have a huge impact on your life. There will be a dramatic change in the way you interact with loved ones, friends, and coworkers. Everyday activities like going to the grocery store can grow more challenging. But that doesn’t mean it needs to be all doom and gloom. If you utilize a well calibrated hearing aid, it can make a big difference.
Hearing aids help you hear better, and that’s generally how most individuals think of them. And that’s not untrue. But how is the quality of life improved? What further advantages will hearing aids deliver?
Hearing aid’s top ten advantages
It’s sort of amazing, isn’t it, how people can so frequently put together top ten lists for everything? I bet you didn’t think you would be reading a top ten list about hearing aids when you got up this morning. I mean, if you’ve been aware of your hearing loss for a while… maybe you did!
So, what are the top ten advantages associated with wearing your hearing aid? Here they are!
1. You will have better relationships.
For any relationship to be strong, good communication is crucial. But communication can be difficult when you have untreated hearing loss. With hearing aids, you’ll finally hear more than little snippets of conversation. You’ll hear everything, you’ll get the full story, and you’ll be able to keep up with the conversation.
This also means you won’t feel left out of the conversation, and you won’t feel resentful that the conversations go on without you. So you will have an improvement in your relationships with family members, friends, and colleagues. There is a strong connection between relationships and hearing aids!
2. You’ll be more independent
Shopping at the grocery store or going to a restaurant when you have untreated hearing loss can feel like an ordeal. When you’re unable to hear very well, communicating with wait staff or cashiers can be difficult. But the whole process becomes easier when you use hearing aids. You can navigate a lot more independently.
You’ll also be better able to drive safely. That’s because your overall situational awareness will be enhanced by your hearing aids. When you hear more of the world, you’ll be able to do more on your own, and you’ll be able to do it without as much anxiety.
3. You could make more money
Think about this hypothetical situation: if you’re missing large portions of what’s being talked about during meetings at work, your job performance will be affected negatively. This can result in reduced job prospects and being passed-up for promotions.
When you’re wearing properly calibrated hearing aids, you will be less fatigued from struggling to hear, and following along with those meetings will be much easier. This can boost your focus on work and put you in a better position to increase your income.
4. You’ll have diminished tinnitus symptoms
Tinnitus is that ringing or buzzing in the ear that most of us have experienced occasionally. Tinnitus symptoms will commonly be more extreme and more often with hearing loss (there are a host of reasons for this, sometimes the tinnitus is only relatively noisier because everything else is so quiet, for instance).
With a hearing aid, many individuals note that they experience decreased tinnitus symptoms. In these instances, that’s because the hearing aid is drowning out the sound of the tinnitus. But relief is relief.
5. Decreased risk of mental decline
There is a solid connection between cognitive decline and hearing loss. For instance, untreated hearing loss can seriously increase your chance of developing dementia. Managing hearing loss appears to be helpful, although there are many theories as to why. That’s why it’s important to make sure you wear your hearing aids. You could be giving your brain a better chance of staying healthy longer.
6. You can appreciate music again
It’s hard to appreciate music, in its whole entirety, when you suffer from hearing loss. That’s because one frequency of sound usually goes before the others. Maybe you can’t hear low frequencies, for example. As a result, the song you once enjoyed might just sound… strange.
You will be able to enjoy music again with your hearing aids filling in the missing sound. You’ll get the high notes and the low notes, instead of only one or the other (or a muffled mess). It can be an amazing relief to hear your favorite song again.
7. Your confidence will improve
Your confidence will be enhanced when you can hear better and have more successful interactions. And who doesn’t want confidence?
This is not to say that hearing impairment should take away your confidence. We’re simply saying that you may find yourself having a hard time interacting with others, particularly if your hearing loss is new.
Those interactions can become easier again when you use hearing aids. And when that takes place, confidence will grow.
8. You’ll have more vigor
Your brain is most likely working extra hard if your hearing loss is slowly advancing. That’s because your brain doesn’t know your ears aren’t working correctly, so it’s constantly trying to fill in the audio holes that your hearing loss has created. That’s… a lot of work! And so, your brain is under persistent strain.
Your brain gets to recharge and relax when you use a hearing aid. It will have less work to do. With this, continuous tiredness and weariness will be reduced. You’ll have more energy to do the things you love to do!
9. Being more mindful of your surroundings will keep you safer
If your hearing loss is recent, you may not yet have entirely adjusted. Ordinarily, you would hear approaching traffic before you step out into the street. Before you look up into your rearview mirror, you would ordinarily hear the oncoming sirens.
If your hearing loss is recent, or you aren’t conscious of it, you may assume that some scenarios are safe when they actually aren’t. That can put you in some very dangerous situations.
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!
Change can be tough, and personal growth still harder. You’re acknowledging that things aren’t functioning properly now when you get a hearing aid. But you’re improving yourself too.
There’s nothing wrong with that! We should all strive for this type of thing, right? So when you pop in your hearing aids, you’re setting yourself up as a positive example and role model. (It’s fine, you can blush a bit, you deserve it.)
Schedule a hearing exam right away
When you use hearing aids you will hear better and that’s the primary benefit. That one’s obvious. But as you can tell, there are tons of immediate advantages of hearing aids! This top ten list is by no means exhaustive.
You might have a totally different top ten list. Making an appointment with us for a hearing assessment is the first step no matter what advantages you look forward to.
