Hearing Aids Article

Article taken from the Better Hearing Institute website

Research by the National Council on the Aging on more than 2,000 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