Your Invisible Co-Pilot

Driving around to visit friends and family, run errands, or enjoy the scenery is a great way to break your isolation.

Find out why your hearing is essential for staying alert while driving.

1. A Brain on High Alert

The ability to tell where sounds are coming from is a big part of road safety, and it’s directly related to the quality of your hearing. After all, if you’re driving on the highway and hear a car speeding up to pass you, it’s essential to know whether they’ll be overtaking you on the left or the right. And if you hear an ambulance, you need to know where it is so you can give them the right of way if necessary.

In other words, locating sound is a matter of safety, both for you and for other drivers.

2. Better Understanding in Noisy Environments

Chatting with your passengers is another enjoyable part of a car ride. It can be stressful for someone with hearing loss to try and understand the other people in the car amidst the sounds of the road and the vehicle itself. Wearing two hearing aids helps the brain distinguish between speech and background noise better. That means you’ll be able to understand what the other people in the car are saying more easily.

3. More Comfortable Listening

Wearing two hearing aids contributes to your well-being while helping reduce fatigue. It means your brain doesn’t have to work as hard to concentrate with the bilateral port so that you can be more attentive. That, in turn, will make your drives safer and more enjoyable.

If you have any doubts about the quality of your hearing, don’t hesitate to make an appointment for a free* hearing health consultation.

*Permanent offer. 18 and over. An assessment by an audioprosthetist is required to determine which hearing aid suits the patient’s needs. Locating sound is a matter of safety

Rachel Paquin

Audioprosthetist practising in Saint-Léonard

Reference: - Audition - oreille - cochlée. (n.d.). Journey into the World of Hearing – Spécialites

Cochlea. https://www.cochlea.eu/en/sound/psychoacoustics/localisation