Hearing Loss Because hearing loss is not something you can recognize just by looking at someone, many people might be shocked to learn that 13% of Americans persevere with it. Less than three out of every thousand children are born with congenital hearing loss, but due to a number of factors, the percentage of the population increases steadily with age. …
Treating Hearing Loss Can Help Prevent Other Health Issues
How Common is Hearing Loss Disabling hearing loss affects a proportion of the population that might shock most people. It is estimated that 38-48 million Americans live with it, making it much more widespread than cancer or diabetes, for example. This is about 13% of the population ages 18 and over. Just a little fewer than three out of …
Connecting People | May is Better Hearing and Speech Month!
Spring is here and with the return of our favorite blooms, and warmth are more occasions to connect and reach out to friends. After a long winter with less social interaction, you may find now that you are asking people to repeat themselves more often than previously remembered. If you are asking “what did you say?” more often than not, …
How Untreated Hearing Loss Interferes with Your Relationships
Do you find that you have to ask people to repeat themselves more often? It’s easy to make the mistake that your hearing loss is only affecting you, however, the effects are far-reaching, especially in your most important relationships. Multiple studies have shown that untreated hearing loss can negatively impact our relationships with family, friends, and particularly with those closest …
Treating Hearing Loss Helps You Stay Socially Connected
After two years of living with the global pandemic many of us continue to struggle to find the balance of feeling socially connected while maintaining recommended social distancing practices for public health. A Pew Research survey taken shortly before the pandemic hit found that 1 in 10 Americans already suffered from loneliness and social isolation and the pandemic has only …
Working with Hearing Loss
Communication is essential for a productive workplace. To work as a team and perform your tasks, you must communicate successfully with your coworkers and managers, but you must also guarantee that your requirements as a worker are satisfied. Going about your workday with untreated hearing loss, on the other hand, can make communication difficult in the office, putting a strain …
Avoiding Hearing Tests Could Make the Problem Much Worse
According to the Hearing Loss Association of America, roughly 48 million Americans (20%) suffer from hearing loss. Hearing loss becomes more common as people get older. Hearing loss affects over one-third of Americans between the ages of 65 and 74, and nearly half of those over 75, making it the third most common chronic health issue among the elderly. Unfortunately, …
Treating Hearing Loss Can Lead to Better Relationships
Consider how difficult it would be to have a relationship with someone if you couldn’t communicate. Even though humans are extraordinarily proficient at developing ways to communicate without using words, spoken language remains our most skilled mode of communication. Remember the last time you encountered someone who spoke another language? How difficult was it to communicate essential information? Communication is, …
Addressing Hearing Loss May Improve Care of Older Adults
Healthcare environments employ the most up-to-date science, research, and technology to assist people in becoming and being healthy. With so much emphasis on data and experimentation, the human element of caregiving might seem less important. On the contrary – interpersonal relationships appear to be a key metric of care quality in study after study. Patients not only express greater happiness …
Facts & Fictions about Hearing Loss
The chances are that you know someone with hearing loss — you probably don’t even realize it! So, it would be fair to assume that hearing loss is something that only older people have. However, recent studies revealed that more than 35% of young adults have permanent hearing loss in the US. Although it is still a widely misunderstood condition, …