Quantity and Quality are Both Important

Quantity and Quality

are Both Important!

Rechargeable hearing aids and charging stand

The brain unconsciously gives meaning to all the sounds you hear. It helps you locate them and identify speech in loud environments. The brain is the best sound processor in existence. However, if you have untreated hearing loss, the sound signals that reach your brain are degraded and incomplete. As a result, it needs to work harder to fill in the missing information. What’s more, the areas of the brain that handle focus and information retention end up needing to divert all their energy to hear.

An assessment by an audioprosthetist is required to determine which hearing aid suits the patient’s needs.

A Vicious Cycle

Social gatherings can be challenging for people with hearing loss because they require a lot of listening effort. As a result, many hearing-impaired people try to avoid them. By withdrawing from things like dinners with friends and family, they isolate themselves and neglect their relationships. Hearing loss and social isolation are closely related, and both have been identified as risk factors for cognitive decline. There is hope because hearing loss is a risk factor that can change. There are ways to treat it and to reduce or delay the development of cognitive decline, thereby breaking the isolation.

Some hearing aids have technologies that support how the brain processes sound information. This technology ensures that the brain receives enough quality information to stay stimulated, active, and healthy.

Talk to your audioprosthetist to learn more.

Charles-Edouard Basile

Director of Business Development and trainer for the adult and pediatric programs

Josée Guillemette

Bilingual Audiology Support Specialist

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AUGUST 8, 2020