Top 5 Benefits to Wearing Hearing Aids

When it comes to untreated hearing loss, there are many ways it can impact your day-to-day functions. Whether you enjoy a weekly dinner with friends or you give presentations for your career, not being able to properly hear can have negative effects on important aspects of your life. Luckily, with the help of hearing aids, you can easily accommodate for your hearing loss no matter what activity you are enjoying, including gatherings with family and friends or meetings with coworkers.

Wearing hearing aids for the first time can take some adjustments, but with the help of your audiologist, you will learn how to incorporate these devices seamlessly into everyday life. When selecting hearing aids, you’ll also have a variety of different styles to choose from, ensuring you find a solution that is tailored to your specific needs. There are many benefits to wearing hearing aids. They can open up the world around you once more and can make you more confident. Luckily, not all hearing devices are as bulky as they once were. These days you have a multitude of options, including:

• Behind the ear (BTE)
• Mini BTE
• In the ear (ITE)
• In the canal (ITC)
• Completely in canal (CIC)
• Invisible in canal (IIC)
• Receiver in canal (RIC)

In addition to styles, you will also get to determine which features are best for you. These features should accommodate your lifestyle, but can vary from Bluetooth connectivity to directional microphones. Your audiologist will work with you to help you select the features that will address your needs directly.

With so many options to choose from, you may be wondering, what other benefits do hearing aids offer?

Improving relationships with loved ones

Not being able to hear can affect your relationships with friends and family members. Hearing loss can make it difficult to enjoy going out, because of how loud the environment is. This can cause stress within a relationship. It could be that you are simply missing out on key bits of information, and this could lead to a complete misunderstanding.

You may be missing the tone of the conversation, completely getting the wrong end of the stick. Can you hear your phone ringing? There are so many simple and subtle ways in which hearing loss can damage relationships. If you are not forthright and honest about what you’re struggling to hear or simply cannot hear, this can cause further frustration between you and your loved one. You need to be understood, and you need to understand them. So, be honest, and see an audiologist before things decline further.  

You can make more money

Wearing hearing aids can actually improve your earning potential. This is thought to be due to the fact that not being able to hear affects your ability to have in-depth conversations. It can also affect your thinking on the spot. If you are someone who needs a few seconds to hear what's been said, you are not going to come across as intelligent or as quick thinking as your colleagues. Also, you run the risk of miss-hearing your boss’s instructions.  

Less risk of falls 

A recent research study was conducted among adults who had hearing loss. The results found that people who wore hearing aids fared much better in balance tests than those who wore none. This means that hearing aids have some power in preventing falls. This is probably due to the fact that the inner ear is vital in the body keeping balance.

Improve your mental health  

Not only will your relationships with friends and family improve, but having a hearing aid will help stop you from developing depression. With a hearing aid, you are more likely to keep up a social life and have those interesting chats, thus keeping your quality of life. In addition, if hearing loss is not treated, you may develop cognitive decline more rapidly, because the part of the brain responsible for recognizing speeh begins to atrophy. Hearing loss also contributes to a higher chance of developing dementia.

Improve your tinnitus

Hearing aids can reduce the high-pitched noises associated with tinnitus. Normally someone who has tinnitus has some hearing loss too, so it would serve a double function in this scenario. Even if you do not have hearing loss, hearing aids can be equipped with masking features, making them ideal for addressing tinnitus.

If you want to learn more about the advantages hearing aids offer, talk to a professional at Physicians Hearing Center and book an appointment with one of our excellent audiologists today by calling (334) 441-4090.