We all want to make sure we have the tools necessary to excel in the workplace.
If you have hearing loss, one of the most valuable tools to help you succeed is hearing aids.
Hearing Loss Can Make Communication at Work Difficult 
Hearing loss impacts your ability to understand speech. It can feel like everyone around you is mumbling, and you might find yourself needing them to repeat themselves often. It may be especially difficult when multiple people are talking at once of if you’re in an area with a lot of background noise, such as an open floorplan office.
Struggling to hear at work can cause many problems, from missing important assignment information to feeling increased anxiety that you might misunderstand a customer or your supervisor.
You may start to keep quiet during meetings or even avoid doing things like joining your coworkers for a break at Grand Coffee.
Hearing Aids Can Increase Your Confidence
When you don’t feel comfortable interacting with others in the workplace, your confidence can take a hit and your performance can suffer.
Using hearing aids can improve your ability to understand speech and make it easier to communicate with others. This increases your confidence and helps you perform better on the job.
Treating Hearing Loss Keeps Your Earning Potential High
Though it may sound odd, research has shown that hearing aids may help you increase your earning potential at work.
One study found that individuals with hearing loss had 1.58 times higher odds of low income and 1.98 times higher odds of being unemployed or underemployed compared to normal-hearing individuals.
Using hearing aids can help you mitigate many of the workplace problems that can come with hearing loss and help lower your risk of underemployment and income loss, making them a worthy investment indeed.
Hearing Aids and The Virtual Workspace
Since the start of the pandemic, many companies have become more flexible when it comes to employees working from home either full-time or as part of a hybrid schedule. Even if you spend most of your week at your home office, you can still benefit from using hearing aids while you work.
Many modern hearing aids have the ability to connect with your smartphone, tablet or computer. This can be especially helpful when you have to take a work call or attend a virtual meeting as you can stream audio directly into your hearing aids, making the conversation much easier to follow.
To learn more about how hearing aids can help you at work or to schedule an appointment, call San Francisco Audiology today.