A miracle cure that can help lengthen your lifespan is something pretty much everyone would want. In fact, a brief internet search will probably return thousands of such miracle cures (if not more), each promising to help you live longer if you employ one simple trick. Pretty much all of these alleged cures have no medical basis and are not supported by the healthcare community.
Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean that you can’t do anything to positively impact your lifespan. Your expected lifespan can be positively affected by quitting smoking and eating a healthy diet.
This is also true of managing hearing loss by wearing hearing aids. And a multidisciplinary journal that centers around healthy aging, called The Lancet Healthy Longevity, has recently released research that backs this up. So, will using hearing aids to manage hearing loss help improve longevity? According to this research, it’s a distinct possibility.
Does hearing loss pose a threat to your health?
The connection between your hearing health and your general wellness is not necessarily new to researchers. For instance, it has been well established that untreated hearing loss can significantly raise your risk of dementia later in life.
Many individuals, however, are not aware of these risks. They consider hearing loss to be an isolated hassle, something that only influences one very particular part of their life. But when left untreated, hearing loss can pose greater health concerns than a simple inconvenience.
The connection between longevity and hearing loss
Typically, using hearing aids as often as possible will be the main way to manage hearing loss. from this perspective, do hearing aids reduce the risk of early death? There is certainly a possibility, according to this recent study, that hearing aids can decrease your risk of early death. The study found that day-to-day hearing aid use was connected to a 24% decrease in mortality risk. The participants in this study, in other words, who used their hearing aids, had a tendency to live longer.
The benefits of hearing aids
The research published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity isn’t necessarily conclusive proof that hearing aids will help you live longer (though the study does strongly indicate a relationship). But we already have a large body of evidence about the many benefits of using hearing aids and this just adds to that body.
- It will be easier to function in social engagements. This can reduce the degree of social separation you feel, increasing your overall mental health.
- Using your hearing aids can help improve cognition. Over time, your brain will be healthier and less fatigued from straining to hear.
- From enjoying caring moments with your grandkids to participating in a business dinner, daily situations with friends, family, and colleagues will be simplified.
- You may also be more aware of your surroundings. This can help prevent accidents, injuries, and mishaps.
These are improvements to your quality of life that you’ll feel every time you use your hearing aids. These are all practical reasons to use hearing aids to manage your hearing loss.
Your total health and well-being rely heavily on healthy hearing
Scientists have established that the health of your hearing plays a significant role in your total wellness. If you have hearing loss, getting diagnosed and using hearing aids can substantially decrease your early mortality risks.
If you suspect that you might have some amount of hearing loss, it’s time to give us a call for a consultation.