Does poor hearing affect your sense of balance?
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Will poor hearing affect your sense of balance?
On the premise of excluding vestibular problems, hearing on one side Generally speaking, it will not affect the balance of the body. If one ear is good and the other is bad, the hearing will be unbalanced. With the same intensity of sound coming from the front, the sound in the hearing-impaired ear will be smaller, resulting in the loss of the ability to locate the sound source.
A good sense of balance depends on the contributions of the following three aspects: first, vision, and second, soles of the feet proprioceptor, and the third is the vestibule of the inner ear. Aging usually causes the functions of these three senses to gradually decline. In addition, muscle weakness and slow response that accompany aging can also affect the sense of balance.
The sense of balance begins to deteriorate in a person's 20s, and relevant measures need to be taken to maintain or restore this ability, such as standing on one leg while brushing teeth, or touching the toes with the front heels. A study found that elderly people with hearing loss improved their balance after using Hearing Aids. The new findings support the idea that hearing-improving measures can reduce the risk of falls among older adults who are hard of hearing.
Hearing loss will affect people's quality of life, limit normal interactions between people, often cause misunderstandings and troubles, increase life pressure, and make colorful lives gloomy. And hearing loss can cause many safety hazards, such as being unable to hear smoke alarms in places with fire hazards.
After the elderly suffer from hearing loss, the consequences of not wearing hearing aids are still very serious. Therefore, when an elderly person at home suffers from hearing loss, they must not leave it alone and achieve "early detection, early intervention, and early wearing". Only by having hearing health and cognitive vitality can the elderly live with dignity and quality.