Hearing loss can seriously impact the way you live, even when it’s mild. The way you communicate with friends, coworkers, and loved ones can change drastically. Daily tasks like going to the supermarket can become more difficult. But that doesn’t mean it has to be all doom and gloom. If you use a well calibrated hearing aid, it can make a big difference.
Most individuals usually think of those benefits in a really linear sort of way: Hearing aids help you hear better. And that’s true. But how do hearing aids better quality of life? What further benefits will hearing aids create?
The top ten reasons to get hearing aids
It’s sort of extraordinary, isn’t it, how humans 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 known about your hearing loss for a while… perhaps you did!
So here are the top ten benefits of wearing hearing aids.
1. Your relationships will improve
Great communication is critical to any great relationship. But communication can be challenging when you have neglected hearing loss. With hearing aids, you’ll finally hear more than little bits of conversation. You’ll hear everything, you’ll get the whole story, and you’ll be capable of keeping 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 coworkers. The connection between hearing aids and relationships is a strong one!
2. You’ll be more independent
Shopping at the grocery store or going to a restaurant when you have untreated hearing loss can be an ordeal. When you can’t hear very well, communicating with cashiers and wait staff can be tricky. But the whole process becomes easier when you use hearing aids. You can navigate much more independently.
Driving will also be less hazardous. That’s because your hearing aids will increase your overall situational awareness (more on that later). When you hear more of the world, you’ll be able to do more by yourself, and you’ll be able to do it with less anxiety.
3. You might make more money
Think about this hypothetical scenario: if you’re missing large portions of what’s being discussed during meetings at work, your work performance will suffer. This can lead to reduced job opportunities and being passed-up for promotions.
When you’re wearing precisely calibrated hearing aids, you will be less exhausted 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 grow your income.
4. Your tinnitus symptoms will decrease
Tinnitus is one of those things that the majority of people have experienced at times; it’s that ringing or buzzing in your ear. When you have hearing loss, tinnitus can frequently be felt much more intensely (there are a host of explanations for this, sometimes the tinnitus is just relatively noisier because everything else is so quiet, for example).
Many people report that their tinnitus symptoms decrease when they wear a hearing aid. In these circumstances, that’s because the hearing aid is overpowering 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 elevate your risk of developing dementia. Treating hearing loss appears to be helpful, even though there are many theories as to why. That’s why it isn’t 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 suffer from hearing loss music is harder to hear clearly. That’s because one frequency of sound typically goes before the others. Maybe you’re unable to hear low frequencies, for instance. The music you used to like, as a result, may sound… different.
With your hearing aids, however, those missing holes in the music will be filled in, and you can enjoy music again! You’ll hear all of the frequencies and your music won’t sound so garbled. It can be a great relief to hear your favorite tune again.
7. Your confidence will improve
Your confidence will be enhanced when you can hear better and have more successful interactions. And confidence is a great thing.
This isn’t to say that hearing impairment should take away your confidence. It’s just that, particularly if that hearing loss is recent, you might suddenly find it a challenge to interact with people in the same ways you always have.
A hearing aid can make those interactions easier again. And that can result in improved confidence.
8. Your energy will be higher
If your hearing impairment has been gradually advancing, your brain has most likely been working overtime. That’s because your brain doesn’t recognize your ears aren’t working correctly, so it’s continuously attempting to fill in the audio gaps that your hearing loss has created. That’s… a lot of work! And so, your brain is under persistent strain.
When you invest in a hearing aid, you’re giving your brain a chance to slow down and recharge. It will have less work to accomplish. With this, continuous tiredness and weariness will be reduced. You’ll enjoy doing the things that are inspiring for you with this increased energy.
9. Being more conscious 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 road. Before you look in your rearview mirror, you would usually hear the oncoming sirens.
If your hearing loss is new, or you aren’t conscious of it, you might presume that some scenarios are safe when they actually aren’t. And that can be a hazardous proposition.
This lost awareness will be restored by using hearing aids. Your decision making will be wiser and safer.
10. You’ll be a positive example!
Change can be tough, and personal growth harder still. When you get a hearing aid, you’re accepting that something isn’t necessarily working right anymore. But you’re also attempting to better the situation.
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. You should be proud of yourself.
Get your hearing tested as soon as you can
When you wear hearing aids you will hear better and that’s the biggest benefit. That goes without saying. But as you know, there are tons of immediate advantages of hearing aids! This top ten list is only that, one little list of only 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.
