HILLS INDEPENDENT HILLS 120 Juine 2025 | Page 20

SENIORS

Hear Better, Live Better: the power of wearing your hearing aids all day

from the team at Ear Studio
At Ear Studio, we are committed to delivering the highest standard of audiological care through bestpractice principles. Our approach ensures that every hearing aid fitting is optimised for comfort, clarity, and effectiveness. In this article, we will explore three key benefits of wearing your hearing aids all day and how best-practice audiology plays a crucial role. 1. Improving Communication Hearing is at the heart of daily communication. Whether it’ s engaging in conversations with family and friends, interacting with shop assistants, or receiving important advice from healthcare professionals, clear hearing enhances every interaction. Our best-practice audiology ensures that your hearing aids are fine-tuned using real-ear measurements( REM) to provide the most accurate amplification for your specific hearing loss. This precise fitting process ensures that you hear speech clearly, even in challenging environments, making communication effortless and enjoyable.
2. Strengthening Connections with Loved Ones
Social connections are essential for emotional well-being, and hearing loss can create barriers to meaningful interactions. When conversations become difficult, people may withdraw from social settings, leading to feelings of isolation, frustration, and sadness. With Ear Studio’ s best-practice approach, we personalise your hearing solutions to fit your lifestyle, ensuring you can engage fully in conversations and events. We take the time to verify that your devices provide the best possible clarity and comfort, empowering you to stay connected and engaged with the people who matter most. 3. Help Maintain Cognitive Functions When hearing loss is left untreated, the brain must work much harder to receive and interpret sounds. This increased effort means fewer cognitive resources are available for processing and understanding what’ s being said. If the information is complex or delivered quickly— such as rapid speech— comprehension becomes even more challenging. This can lead to feelings of stress and frustration. People may appear impatient because they’ re struggling to keep up, feel embarrassed to ask for repetition, or simply switch off from the conversation altogether.
Why Wearing Your Hearing Aids All Day Matters
Hearing aids offer the most benefit when worn consistently. The brain needs regular exposure to sound to maintain auditory processing skills, and the longer hearing loss goes untreated, the harder it becomes to adjust. By wearing your hearing aids daily, you allow your brain to adapt to sound naturally, improving comprehension and maximising your overall outcome.
At Ear Studio, we believe in the transformative power of better hearing. As part of the Hearing Up Network, we voluntarily adhere to the highest global standards in audiology, ensuring you receive expert care and the best possible outcomes. If you or a loved one would like to experience the benefits of best-practice hearing care, we invite you to get in touch.
Contact our friendly team to schedule a Best Practice Hearing Evaluation on( 02) 9159 6122 or via email at reception @ earstudio. com. au. We are open Monday to
Thursday from 9am to 5pm and Fridays from 9am to 4pm and are located at Lawton House in Castle Hill( suites 9-10 / 60 Cecil Ave).
We look forward to helping you hear better and live better!
18 ISSUE 120 // JUNE 2025 theindependentmagazine. com. au THE HILLS INDEPENDENT