Health Benefits

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Having your hearing checked regularly is an important step in maintaining your overall health and well-being.

Here are 5 reasons why it’s so important.

  1. Early Detection of Hearing Loss: Regular hearing tests can help detect hearing loss in its early stages. Early detection of hearing loss allows for prompt treatment and management, which can prevent further damage and improve your overall quality of life.
  2. Improved Communication: Hearing loss can make it difficult to communicate effectively with others, which can impact your personal and professional relationships. By addressing hearing loss, you can improve your ability to communicate and participate in daily conversations and activities.
  3. Better Cognitive Function: Studies have shown a correlation between hearing loss and cognitive decline, including an increased risk of dementia. Treating hearing loss can help maintain cognitive function and potentially reduce the risk of cognitive decline.
  4. Increased Safety: Being able to hear and respond to environmental sounds, such as alarms or approaching vehicles, is crucial for your safety. Regular hearing tests can help ensure that you are able to hear and respond to important sounds in your environment.
  5. Improved Quality of Life: Addressing hearing loss can improve your overall quality of life by reducing the negative impact that hearing loss can have on your daily activities and relationships.

Did you know?

  • Over 1.5 billion people globally live with hearing loss
  • 1 in 4 people globally are projected to have hearing problems by 2050

*Source: World Health Organisation

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Hearing loss and mental health

Hearing loss can really take its toll on your mental health and has been linked to anxiety and depression.

Withdrawing from society, avoiding social events and isolating yourself away from others could all be signs that hearing loss is affecting your mental health.

Hearing loss and quality of life

Some surveys* from Europe show that most hearing aid users experience an increased quality of life. Studies found that people using hearing aids tended to be less depressed and slept better than non users.

Hearing aids can provide many benefits to improving the quality of your life such as helping you stay connected to others around you and improving the brain's ability to understand speech in noisy surroundings.

*Source: hear-it.org

Hearing loss and cognitive decline

Studies have shown* that using hearing aids correctly can lower risks of depression and dementia. Researchers found that people with hearing loss who weren’t using hearing aids had a higher risk of depression and dementia than those who did use hearing aids.

The research suggested that the improvements were due to them being able to be more involved with everyday life.

*Source: Amieva et al. 2015, Self-reported hearing loss study

Hearing loss signs

*Source: World Health Organisation

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