Sunshine Coast Audiology

YOUR HEARING MATTERS!

Hearing health is something we often take for granted.

It’s only when we start to have hearing difficulties that we really comprehend how important it is to us. For most of us, communication involves both the auditory and visual senses.

The recent need for mask-wearing has high-lighted how important visual cues are for understanding and listening. When that is no longer available, we end up relying on our auditory system.

Any degree of hearing loss can create difficulties. For some of us, the difficulties are only apparent in certain situations, such as when there is background noise or with particular accents or speakers. Sometimes we don’t know what we are missing because we can’t hear it!

Our hearing health is important because social interactions are good for our brains and our mental health. Untreated hearing loss is correlated with an increased risk of dementia. It’s very difficult to maintain social connections when we can’t hear well. It can be frustrating for ourselves and for our companions.

Avoiding noisy situations or someone we find difficult to understand can lead to us becoming socially isolated.

Hearing loss often creeps up on someone when it is due to a lifetime of accumulated hearing damage. It can happen so slowly that we might not really be aware of it until others point it out, or we realise that we’ve misheard or not heard something really important.

The birds don’t sound as shrill, we’ve forgotten that the indicators in our car make a noise or what it’s like to hear the dry leaves crunching under our feet. Perhaps our children or our grandchildren seem to mumble.

Is it time to prioritise your hearing health?

Contact Sunshine Coast Audiology, your local, independent, experienced and caring

Our hearing hearing health professionals. health is We can test the hearing of adults and children aged four and over, recommend, important fit and adjust hearing aids from ALL major manufacturers, offer tinnitus management because social advice and provide ear plugs for swimming, sleeping and noise. a interactions are good for our brains and our mental health.

07 5378 2226 info@sunshinecoastaudiology.com.au www. sunshinecoastaudiology.com.au

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