Hearing Aids Improve the Quality of Life of the Elderly

Those patients over 60 with hearing loss have a higher quality of life thanks to the use of hearing aids with hearing aid cleaner. It is the result of a study conducted by the Faculty of Dentistry of Bauru, Brazil, and published in the latest issue of the Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology.

According to the WHOQOL (World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire), people aged 60 and older had better quality of life in relation to four aspects: physical, psychological, environmental and social relationships. Above all, they noticed a significant improvement in leisure activities.

Participants in the study answered the 26-question questionnaire without wearing invisible mini hearing aid. After three months and having placed a sound amplification system they returned to respond to the same test.

There are many studies that demonstrate the benefits of hearing aids in the hearing capacity of their users but also in their lives. The advanced technology has allowed to develop new devices that allow patients greater tranquility and freedom in their day to day. To see examples click here.

Microphone, amplifier, headset, remote control and connection to mobile phones using Bluetooth. Although they are related to sound, they are not the components of a musical apparatus, not of a television, but of the hearing aids, small computers that are placed in the auditory pavilion and require constant adjustments and a determination of maintenance during the first four years of life Of the apparatus, a period after which it is convenient to replace it. This periodic replacement, and the material necessary for its maintenance, imply a high economic outlay for many families. And, according to the latest surveys by the National Statistics Institute, about one million people suffer deafness and 10% of the Spanish population suffers some type of auditory problem. Out of every 1,000 children, 2.5 are born deaf and presbycusis, the deafness that used to appear from age 75 onwards, is increasingly affecting people between the ages of 45 and 50. To help all these people who suffer a hearing loss or hearing loss each year adapt about 150,000 units of hearing aids.