A miracle cure that can help increase your lifespan is something pretty much everyone would want. That’s why you can find a huge number of these miracle cures all over the internet promising longevity if you do this one trick. The healthcare community doesn’t endorse the vast majority of these alleged cures as they have no real medical basis.
But there are some legitimate things you can do to help you get a longer lifespan. Your expected lifespan can be positively affected by quitting smoking and eating a healthy diet.
This is also true of treating 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 underlines this. So, will using hearing aids to manage hearing loss help enhance longevity? There’s a strong likelihood that it will according to this research.
Is hearing loss a health risk?
Researchers have been aware of the connection between general wellness and hearing health for quite a while. The fact that untreated hearing loss can significantly increase your risk of developing dementia is well founded, for example.
Many people, however, are unaware of these risks. They consider hearing loss to be an isolated inconvenience, something that only impacts one very particular facet of their life. But when left untreated, hearing loss can pose bigger health concerns than a simple inconvenience.
Is there a link between hearing aids and longevity?
Typically, using hearing aids as much as possible will be the main way to manage hearing loss. So does this mean that you can decrease your risk of early death by using hearing aids? There is certainly a possibility, according to this recent research, that hearing aids can reduce your risk of early death. The study found that day-to-day hearing aid use was connected to a 24% reduction in mortality risk. The participants in this study, in other words, who used their hearing aids, tended to live longer.
Hearing aid benefits
The study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity isn’t exactly conclusive proof that hearing aids will help you live longer (though the study does strongly suggest a connection). But we already have a large body of evidence about the many advantages of using hearing aids and this just adds to that body.
- Hearing aids can help you enjoy day-to-day moments with friends and family, from going out to eat with colleagues to asking your grandkids about their school day.
- Wearing your hearing aids can help increase cognition. This means that you (and your brain) will likely be less tired and healthier over time.
- You can prevent accidents and injuries by being more aware of your surroundings.
- It will be easier to function in social situations. This can reduce the degree of social isolation you feel, increasing your overall mental wellness.
These are improvements to your quality of life that you’ll feel each time you use your hearing aids. For these reasons alone, hearing aids are a significant part of managing your hearing loss.
Your overall health and well-being rely heavily on healthy hearing
Scientists have established that the health of your hearing plays a major role in your total wellness. If you have hearing loss, getting diagnosed and wearing hearing aids can significantly reduce your early mortality risks.
If you think that you may have some amount of hearing loss, it’s time to contact us for a consultation.