How wearing hearing aids can help enhance your safety

September 5, 2019

How wearing hearing aids can help enhance your safety

hearing aids improves balance1. Improved Balance
2. Increased awareness
3. Enhanced safety
4. Improved Independence
hearing aids improve home safety
Improve Safety at Home
  • Many of the essential sounds in your homes are, in most cases, very faint. That means you may not hear some of them when you are asleep. The sound of a preheated oven, a knock at the main door, or even burglars trying to break in are also instances that show the significance of hearing properly. As such, the use of hearing aids can significantly impact the safety of the wearer when at home.Take the example of the following scenario. Shannon and her grandmother have been arguing, with her grandma insisting that she does not have a hearing impairment and does not need hearing aids. The old lady was suffering when it comes to doing certain things. But life for her was better after she went to see an audiologist and was told to use hearing aids. A few weeks later, Shannon’s grandma dozed off while cooking. The meal that was in the oven caught fire triggering the fire alarm. Thanks to her hearing aids, she was able to hear the alarm and react to the emergency. She managed to call the fire department and follow the directions of what to do that she got over the phone. Shannon was thankful that her grandmother now had a deeper appreciation of the benefits of using hearing aids.
hearing aids improve safety Improve Safety When Out

The information provided in this article is not meant to be medical advice and is for educational purposes only. If you would like to learn more about this and other hearing-related topics, feel free to contact Tinnitus & Hearing Center of Arizona by clicking here or by calling 480-831-6159.

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