If you’re spending more time at home lately, you may wonder about the need for daily hearing aid use. But hearing aids aren’t just for the hustle and bustle. Daily use can help you hear more and improve your relationships with your loved ones.
If you’re spending more time at home lately, you may wonder about the need for daily hearing aid use. But hearing aids aren’t just for the hustle and bustle. Daily use can help you hear more and improve your relationships with your loved ones.
Yes, you do. More time at home doesn’t mean less time wearing hearing aids or less opportunities to hear fully. Every day sounds at home — birds chirping outside, laundry cycles, water boiling — can help boost your mood, improve your well-being and maintain the sound quality you initially became accustomed to while getting used to hearing aids.
Just like regular exercise is essential to keep your body healthy and strong, hearing aids should be worn daily to “exercise” the ears. Hearing the sounds, you love most — grandkids’ voices, rainfall and thunderstorms, music, TV shows or movies — keeps you engaged with your environment and can improve life moments, big and small.
Additionally, it’s a good idea to wear hearing aids while alone for safety’s sake. While certain smoke and carbon monoxide detectors feature alarms that can be seen and heard, it’s important to stay alert for any emergency situation (think: a pet’s distress call, severe weather, or intruders).
Hearing better is just the beginning. Hearing aids improve your quality of life by connecting you to your favorite people and activities. Wearing your hearing aids daily ensures you don’t miss a beat.
The importance of hearing health and overall benefits of hearing aids may not be obvious. For instance, you may experience:
If you’re selective about when to wear hearing aids, you’re ultimately putting your long-term hearing health and cognitive brain function at risk. Choosing to treat hearing loss only some of the time may result in a phenomenon called auditory deprivation. If the brain doesn’t receive auditory information or stimulation, speech recognition can decline at a faster rate than if signals were being sent through a hearing aid.
It’s true getting used to hearing aids takes some time, but the payoff and long-term benefits are worth the hearing aid frustration you may experience initially. And remember: Our hearing care specialists are available to help coach you through any discomfort and make a hearing aid adjustment, if needed.
