{"id":5298,"date":"2021-03-24T22:07:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T22:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/?p=5298"},"modified":"2021-03-24T23:41:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T23:41:23","slug":"happiness-from-hearing-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/happiness-from-hearing-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness From Hearing Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/happiness-from-hearing-aids.jpg\" class=\"alignright\"\/><br \/>\nMany scientific studies have confirmed the negative impacts associated with hearing loss: depression, anxiety and social isolation. There are positive impacts associated with hearing solutions, as well. In one study of more than 2,000 hearing aid users, participants reported several improvements in over several different quality-of-life areas, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Increased Feelings of Control Over Life Events<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen overcoming reliance on others to understand what is going on in the hearing world, individuals with hearing loss will regain their sense of control.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improved Emotional Well-Being<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Individuals who treat their hearing loss report improvements in emotional well-being and general mental health.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Increased Social Interactions<br \/>\n<\/strong>Improved communication leads to a boost in confidence and more social activities with friends and family, including more connection in romantic relationships.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improved Physical Health<br \/>\n<\/strong>Individuals who treat their hearing loss report fewer incidents of falls and a better sense of balance, along with other physical health improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Curious if hearing devices can benefit your lifestyle?<\/p>\n<p>Schedule an appointment today to learn more!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 5rem; font-size: 0.8rem; font-style: italic; color: gray;\">Better Hearing Institute. (n.d.). Retrieved from: <a href=\"https:\/\/betterhearing.org\/press\/news\/Customer_satisfaction_hearing_aids_pr08292011.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/betterhearing.org\/press\/news\/Customer_satisfaction_hearing_aids_pr08292011.cfm<\/a>. Quoted in BHI Survey: Hearing Aids Help Majority of Users to Regain Quality of Life via the Hearing Review. (2011). Retrieved from: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hearingreview.com\/hearing-products\/hearing-aids\/bhi-survey-hearing-aids-help-majority-of-users-to-regain-quality-of-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.hearingreview.com\/hearing-products\/hearing-aids\/bhi-survey-hearing-aids-help-majority-of-users-to-regain-quality-of-life<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many scientific studies have confirmed the negative impacts associated with hearing loss: depression, anxiety and social isolation. There are positive impacts associated with hearing solutions, as well. In one study of more than 2,000 hearing aid users, participants reported several improvements in over several different quality-of-life areas, including: Increased Feelings of Control Over Life Events&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","locid":"","rating":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5298"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5321,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298\/revisions\/5321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}