As humans age, numerous things become inevitable. Our hair will gray. Our bones
will weaken. Dinners will be eaten earlier. And our hearing abilities won’t be what
they once were.
In case seeing-it-with-your-own-eyes isn’t enough to convince you that this future
holds true, statistics like today’s hearing fact should. Research shows that more
than two-thirds of adults 70 and older have clinically meaningful hearing loss
— meaning your odds of having hearing loss if you’re past 70 are better than not
having hearing loss.
While these changes to our body are normal and natural — tradeoffs to living a
long, fulfilling life — that doesn’t mean we can’t prolong their inevitability or
manage and control the changes when they come.
Following simple hearing protection practices is one way to prolong good hearing
(or even put you in the lucky one-third category of seniors without hearing loss).
And hearing aids are the recommended way to manage and control hearing loss
when it does occur.
As an added bonus, not only will treating hearing loss help ensure you don’t miss
out and can still enjoy the things you love, if you treat it early enough, experts think
it might help prevent another one of those seeming inevitabilities of aging —
cognitive decline.
Find out what noises you may be missing! Schedule an appointment today for a
hearing consultation.
Source:
https://stanmed.stanford.edu/listening/treatment-hearing-loss-cusp-
transformation.html
