Hearing Loss

Hearing loss doesn’t only affect your ears—it happens in your brain. When you can’t hear clearly because of hearing loss, your brain is missing the sounds it needs to remain active and healthy. Hearing loss can lead to other serious conditions such as cognitive decline, depression, and even dementia. It’s important to treat your hearing loss at the first signs and to monitor your overall hearing health if you are over the age of 50. Even though hearing loss can affect any one of any age, it is very common in adults over 50 years old. This is because as time goes on there is often a natural deterioration of the hair cells in the inner ear, which are responsible for hearing. When this happens this type of hearing loss is generally known as sensorineural hearing loss and affects the most people. Sensorineural hearing loss can also be caused by exposure to loud noise, head trauma, malformation of the inner ear, or can be hereditary. It’s important to treat hearing loss as soon as possible to prevent the regression of any speech comprehension or your ability to understand words and sounds. At Life Sounds Audiology, we can diagnose your hearing loss and help you find the right management plan so you don’t lose any more of your hearing ability or processing.