Have you seen the intriguing studies connecting your hearing health with your cognition and lifestyle? After reading some of those statistics, you might wonder if you should get your hearing tested. The answer is, of course, yes!
Most people will get their eyes tested, their teeth cleaned, and their physical health checked at least once a year. However, many individuals do not take the same proactive approach when it comes to getting their hearing tested. There are many benefits to getting an annual hearing test, especially since a recent study provides a hopeful conclusion: Hearing aids may boost your lifespan when used correctly.
This new study, conducted by Dr. Janet Choi from the University of Southern California, examines how regular use of hearing aids affected almost 10,000 participants with hearing loss challenges. Her findings showed that the patients who used hearing aids regularly had a 24% lower risk of mortality compared to the group that didn’t use hearing aids at all.
Untreated hearing loss has been linked to an increased risk of cognitive decline, social isolation, and harmful falls. With the help of professional hearing care and assistive technology, you could avoid some of these risks.
How Can Hearing Aids Help Me Live Longer?
While hearing aids are not the only solution to living a longer life, individuals with a hearing loss who wear their hearing aids on a regular day-to-day basis can expect a lowered risk of mortality.
- Lower risk of mortality compared to the group that didn’t use hearing aids at all. 24%
- Participants wore their hearing aids regularly outside of the study. 12%
Here at Nelson Audiology, we know that professional hearing care can help save lives, bring people together, and keep people active. Despite these benefits, Choi’s study found that just 12% of the participants wore their hearing aids regularly outside of the study.
Hearing loss often happens slowly over time. If hearing loss is not severe, people are more likely to neglect wearing their hearing aids regularly and never adapt to using them daily.
Did you know that on average, people wait up to seven years to seek help for hearing loss? Missing out on conversations with loved ones and even necessary noises in the height of rush hour traffic can be detrimental to your mental and physical health.
We believe that it’s time to break the outdated stigma around wearing hearing aids. Hearing aids are no longer the clunky, obvious devices you may associate with your grandparents. Hearing aid technology has come so far that some hearing aids are completely invisible to the naked eye!
How Can Professional Hearing Care Help Me?
Professional hearing care and hearing aids can improve your day-to-day life in many ways, beyond just helping you hear more clearly.
Nelson Audiology’s comprehensive hearing assessments investigate possible causes for hearing loss challenges, like genetics, lifestyle, and even earwax buildup.
After an in-depth hearing test to understand your current range of hearing, our team will help you decide which treatment would be best for you and your unique situation.
