Top 6 Reasons to Get Help for Your Hearing Loss

Sometimes, hearing loss is difficult to pinpoint because it happens very slowly over time. Your brain adapts to the changes without you being consciously aware. Months or years may have gone by before you notice anything. Age-related hearing loss, or presbycusis, is the most prevalent type of hearing loss that affects people 65 years of age, or older.  

About one in three Americans between the ages of 65 and 74 have hearing loss. Over two-thirds of those who are over 75 have difficulty with hearing. 

Overall studies have shown that anyone who has hearing loss has an easier time dealing with it if they immediately get help. 

Here are 6 Reasons to get Treatment for Your Hearing Loss:

1. For your long-term health and safety. As frequently mentioned in this blog, there’s a link between poor hearing health and cognitive decline. This includes loss of brain tissue, which leads to depression, isolation, and a higher risk of falls. Receiving early treatment reduces the chances of permanent damage to the hearing passages in the brain. 
2. Hearing is a muscle that needs to be exercised. Hearing loss causes the nerves and other areas of the brain that are connected to the ability to hear, to become atrophied, because of the absence of sound. This leads to the process of re-learning how to hear more difficult when using a hearing aid. 
3. Feeling of fatigue. Untreated hearing loss makes you strain to hear regularly. This leads to feeling exhausted, and the need to rest and recharge the body more frequently. 
4. Personal and professional relationships suffer. Hearing loss that goes untreated can negatively impact your relationships with friends and family. Effective communication can be challenging. Everyone could experience feelings of frustration and isolation. Getting treatment for hearing loss can greatly improve these relationships.
5. You can be at a disadvantage in your career and your income can decrease. Not seeking treatment for your hearing loss can slash your revenue by $30,000 each year. It’s been reported that employees with hearing loss earn 25% compared to co-workers who do the same job.   
6. Hear the sounds you love, again. Hearing aids help people hear sounds that they haven’t heard in many years: jokes, laughter, rushing water, birds, your favorite music, and so much more! You can participate in life again.​

​Remember, adapting to hearing aids takes time. It can take up to four months to adjust to hearing sounds through hearing aids. The sooner you begin to use them, the sooner they will be part of your daily routine. Stop missing out on life and contact us at Pure Sound Hearing for a complimentary hearing test and consultation. 

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