World Hearing Day 2020
Hearing for Life: don’t Let Hearing Loss Limit you.
World Hearing Day is held on March 3 each year to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss. It is a day to raise awareness about hearing loss across the world.
Many people live with unidentified hearing loss, often failing to realize that they are missing out on certain sounds and words. Often people live with compromised hearing for seven to ten years before they take the steps to getting your hearing checked. Checking one’s hearing would be the first step towards addressing the issue.
World Hearing Day is a reminder that hearing loss is a major public health issue around the globe. Everyone deserves to hear what the world has to offer.
The Emotional Effects of Untreated Hearing Loss
Studies have linked untreated hearing loss to several emotional health conditions, including:
- Irritability, negativism and anger
- Fatigue, tension, stress and depression
- Avoidance or withdrawal from social situations
- Social rejection and loneliness
- Reduced alertness and increased risk to personal safety
When you have hearing loss, you may have trouble following conversations in a group setting. Due to this problem, you’re more likely to socially withdraw from visits with friends and family, which, over time, leads to depression and anxiety. The prospect of being immersed in a work meeting or large gathering, where numerous conversations will occur, can leave you feeling anxious.
Life-changing hearing solutions
Using a hearing aid presents a number of advantages to a hearing-impaired person. First and foremost, you will hear a lot better. Hearing aids do not restore your hearing to normal, but they improve it significantly. It becomes easier to hear what other people say
Sounds you have not heard for a long time such as birds singing, doorbells ringing, the howling of the wind and water running, may become audible to you. Hearing aids often improve the user’s social, psychological and physical sense of well-being. Studies as well as experience show that hearing aids generally improve the quality of life and will help you:
- Improve your relationships with your family, friends, and colleagues
- Feel more confident and independent
- Strengthen your mental health
- Improve your physical well being
- Focus and concentrate better
- Feel less tired or exhausted
- Feel empowered to participate in social gatherings
Importance of early diagnosis
When people lose hearing, they tend to start withdrawing from conversations and relationships with others. They may be embarrassed they can’t follow conversations, so they often avoid them – even at work! Hearing loss has been linked with cognitive decline, brain tissue loss, depression, dementia, and an increased risk for falling. The older you are, the harder it is to recover from the effects of hearing loss.
Get Your Hearing Checked for World Hearing Day
When it comes to hearing loss, knowledge is power! If your hearing test results come back normal, you can move forward with the confidence of knowing you have good hearing health. If you get tested and hearing loss is discovered, you can benefit from avoiding all the potential health and personal issues mentioned previously. Identifying hearing loss and early treatment can change your life for the better on so many levels.