With the aging of the population, hearing impairment is not only a public health problem, but also a social problem.According to research surveys, the total population of China will continue to decline from 2015 to 2050. The population under 70 years old will gradually decrease, and the population over 70 years old will gradually increase. China’s aging phenomenon is becoming increasingly prominent.
而在庞大的中国人口基数中，有一群特殊群体，即听力损失人口是我们关心的重中之重。据预测，5岁以上听力损失总人口逐年增加，至2050年底，约有2亿9千万，而70岁以上的老人约占2亿。
Deafness is a very common ear disease in our lives, and it is a great threat to our hearing.Once the symptoms of deafness are found in life, they should be treated in time, and there are many treatment methods for deafness. Among them, wearing a hearing aid is a relatively common method.Experts point out that for deaf patients, hearing aids are equipped early and can effectively reduce the damage caused by deafness.
Many deaf patients have communication problems.The patient lacks communication and feels lonely. Because of his deafness, he makes loud noises when listening to the radio and watching TV. The noise makes the neighbors uneasy and troubles the family members. It is not convenient to go out shopping. It is difficult to communicate with the elderly of the same age outside to be effective because of deafness. The reduction of children’s communication makes old people grumpy and more likely to be psychologically lonely.Long-term deafness can also cause language barriers.Elderly deafness suffers from severe high-frequency loss, decreased auditory language comprehension, ability to hear other people’s speech but not semantics, difficulties in social communication, reduced vital capacity and reluctance to speak more, this situation will further affect the physical and mental health of the elderly.
What kind of difficulties and harms will the hearing loss of the elderly bring to the elderly?
XNUMX. “Communication Difficulties”
Hearing loss directly causes hearing impairment, especially sensorineuralHearing lossWhen the high-frequency hair cells responsible for sound recognition begin to show disease, people with hearing loss begin to have the problem of “hearing, inaudible”, which leads to “difficulty in communication.”This communication difficulty is particularly prominent in a noisy environment. It will make it difficult for them to distinguish speech and deviations in communication, which will cause unnecessary embarrassment and contradictions, which we do not want to appear.
XNUMX. Increase the feeling of “mental fatigue”
When people with hearing loss want to hear the other party’s speech clearly, they will undoubtedly have to invest more energy and concentrate on analyzing what the other party is saying. Such long-term communication will inevitably cause fatigue.And this sense of exhaustion comes not only from the body, but also from the mind.
XNUMX. Increase the sense of “social isolation”
Hearing loss is a gradual aggravation process. As hearing loss gets worse, people with hearing loss will find that they can’t hear people around them clearly. At the same time, communication becomes more and more serious. When you are tired of listening They are unwilling to communicate. When people around you alienate you because of difficulties in communicating with you, a sense of social isolation will follow.They will feel that they are gradually moving away from and isolating society.
XNUMX. Lead to “depression”
When you become anxious and unable to hear other people’s conversations, when you begin to isolate society, and your personal presence becomes weaker and weaker, a kind of anxiety and depression begin to emerge spontaneously.Some people even have thoughts of committing suicide!
XNUMX. “Heart Problems”
According to the China Audiology Network, studies in the United States and many countries have shown that hearing loss is related to cardiovascular disease (CVD).Among them, an epidemiological survey of hearing loss conducted in Wisconsin, USA in 2002 showed that subjects with a history of cardiovascular disease are about 54% more likely to have cochlear function impairment than subjects without the same medical history.
XNUMX. “Dementia”
Many studies have shown that hearing loss is related to Alzheimer’s disease.Studies have even shown that for patients with hearing loss, for every 10dB increase in their hearing threshold, their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease will increase by 20%.Hearing loss is not only damage to the auditory organs, but also directly affects the patient’s central nervous system and brain information processing capabilities.As hearing loss gets worse and the amount of sound control received by the brain becomes less and less, the brain’s ability to move will gradually be lost, leading to Alzheimer’s disease. Therefore, people often say that the elderly are “ten deaf and nine stupid.” .
