May is National Hearing Awareness Month
Of our five senses, we tend to
take our hearing most for granted.
Think about it for a minute. We
would know immediately if we
could no longer see or see well. If
something is hot, we know not to
touch it, if something has an offensive smell, we move away, and
if something tastes bad, we know
immediately not to try another
bite. Our hearing health is seldom
considered unless we experience a
sudden event or have an earache.
Hearing loss generally occurs very
gradually and sneaks up on us unless we monitor it regularly with a
hearing test. The problem is real
and once lost, your hearing does not
recover without aid.
Hearing loss can have significant
effects on your health and lifestyle.
Here are a few interesting statistics.
•
• 70% of teens play music too
loudly
1 in 6 adolescents have a high
frequency loss
presents a risk
• Hearing loss development and
to childhood
obesity
impacts relation• Hearing lossactivity, career
ships, social
development and lifestyle
people
aids have shown
• 15% of hearingages 41 – 59
• Hearing cognitive function ѽ