Hearing Loss

Hearing health education

What is Hearing Loss?

Hearing loss affects millions of people in the world, yet it often goes untreated. Your hearing is an important part of your overall health, so it is important to take care of it by having annual hearing evaluations. Hearing doesn’t only involve your ears but your brain as well. When you can’t hear certain sounds because of hearing loss, your brain stops processing those sounds, leading to cognitive decline and possibly dementia. It is important to keep your brain healthy and active.

If you have hearing loss then it is important to manage it with hearing aids sooner rather than later.

Signs of
Hearing Loss

It can be difficult to determine whether you have hearing loss or not, especially if your hearing has deteriorated slowly over a long period of time. Oftentimes people with hearing loss don’t even realize they are missing certain sounds because they haven’t heard those sounds in so long.

If you or a loved one suspect that you have any of the following symptoms, it’s time to have your hearing checked.

You turn the TV volume up louder than normal
You have a difficult time understanding conversation when there is background noise
It seems as if the people in your life mumble
You experience a ringing sound in your ears when no external sound is present (tinnitus)
You can hear someone speaking to you but you can’t understand what they are saying
Higher pitched voices are more difficult for you to hear, such as women and children’s voices
You can’t understand the person on the other end of the phone
You frequently ask others to repeat themselves

Hearing and Overall Health

Your hearing plays a larger role in your health than you may realize. Underlying health conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease can all have a negative impact on hearing ability. If you notice signs of hearing loss, it’s important to have your hearing checked right away in case it is due to one of these conditions.

When left untreated, hearing loss can lead to a decline in cognitive capabilities, including forgetfulness, listening fatigue, and cognitive decline. To keep your brain healthy, it’s important to manage hearing loss at the first signs.

Tinnitus

If you’re experiencing a buzzing, ringing, or whooshing sound in your ears, then you may have tinnitus. This can be caused by excessive exposure to noise, stress, or a combination of other factors. Tinnitus is not a disease, but rather a symptom and can range from mildly annoying to debilitating.

In most cases, some degree of hearing loss is present when tinnitus is consistent. Fortunately, we carry hearing aids that can treat both aspects of your hearing loss and tinnitus. While improving your hearing range, our hearing aids can also soothe and relieve your symptoms of tinnitus, giving you clarity and relief at the same time.

If you are experiencing symptoms of tinnitus but don’t have any type of hearing loss present, then we will come up with a tinnitus management program to help you. We work with a local neurology group so together we can relieve the ringing in your ears.

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