According to statistics released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan, among the registered hearing impaired people in Taiwan, about 60% of them are silver-haired over 75 years old. According to a questionnaire survey in Taipei, most hearing impaired people recalled , I feel that 45 is the age at which hearing loss begins.This statement has also been confirmed by some doctors in Taiwan, but unfortunately, most people do not seek medical attention in time when hearing loss begins. After hearing loss, most people choose to “make do”, and hearing aids must be fitted. At times, there is also a psychology of rejection at the beginning.
But as children, we must pay more attention to the health of the elderly, especially whether communication is smooth on weekdays.If the old people have the following conditions, it means that the old people’s hearing has begun to decline, and they need to go to the hospital for further examination and treatment.
1. For no reason, the average hearing in both ears is less than a year. As the symptoms worsen, only the voice of the other person can be heard when talking with a stranger, but the content of the other person’s speech is unclear, and often “answers are not what you asked”. phenomenon.
2. In face-to-face conversations, early deaf patients often interrupt or ask the other party to repeat.
3. When making a call, I often ask the other party to increase the volume, and I can’t hear the sound coming from the phone.
4. Whenever they speak, the volume of their own speech often increases unconsciously.
5. For conversations between others, it is often difficult to hear accurately even if it is close at hand, and it is necessary for others to repeat what they have said during the conversation.
6. My family members often complain that the TV sound is loud.
7. In addition, some patients with early deafness can talk more easily with men than women, while others are just the opposite.
8. Especially high-frequency (high-pitched) sounds, like children’s sounds, bird calls, etc. will not be heard.
9. Some patients are accompanied by tinnitus. The quieter the environment, the worse the tinnitus becomes. In the later stage, dizziness, uncoordinated fine motor movements, memory loss, and lack of concentration in work may occur.
For elderly deaf patients, if the appropriateHearing aid, Assisted with special listening and speech training, has an active and effective role.Generally speaking, hearing aids are effective for deaf patients who are moderately to moderately severely deaf and have a good speech recognition rate.The elderly with hearing loss and early wearing hearing aids can increase the daily communication ability, self-confidence and social activities of the elderly.
It has been clinically found that middle-aged and elderly people who have not undergone hearing intervention will experience hearing impairment aggravate with age (according to research, social skills will also decrease significantly after hearing loss 5 years), and speech recognition rate will also decrease significantly, thus As a result of the deterioration of language communication skills and social skills, the impact on mental health will become greater and greater, and ultimately affect the health of other parts of the body.
