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The Impact Of Hearing Aids On Quality Of Life
It would seem that hearing is a second-rate sense when compared to vision in our visually oriented modern society.
People with hearing loss delay a decision to get hearing help because they are unaware of the fact that receiving early treatment for hearing loss has the potential to literally transform their lives.
Research on people with hearing loss as well as their significant others demonstrated that hearing aids clearly are associated with impressive improvements in the social, emotional, psychological, and physical well-being of people with hearing loss in all hearing loss categories from mild to severe.
Specifically, hearing aid usage is positively related to the following quality of life issues.
Hearing loss treatment was shown to improve
Earning power
Communication in relationships
Intimacy and warmth in family relationships
Ease in communication
Emotional stability
Sense of control over life events
Perception of mental functioning
Physical health
Group social participation
And just as importantly hearing loss treatment was shown to reduce
Discrimination toward the person with the hearing loss
Hearing loss compensation behaviors (i.e. pretending you hear)
Anger and frustration in relationships
Depression and depressive symptoms
Feelings of paranoia
Anxiety
Social phobias
Self-criticism
If you are one of those people with a mild, moderate or severe hearing loss, who is sitting on the fence, consider all the benefits of hearing aids described above.
Hearing aids hold such great potential to positively change so many lives.
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