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1. It’s Not That Bad – Mild Hearing Loss Can Cause Changes
In The Brain
When hearing loss is mild, it can be
difficult to recognize. It’s sort of like how
a window gets dirty. It can happen
gradually – so gradually you might not
even recognize it until someone points it
out to you. When it comes to the dirty
window, usually your mother-in-law will
be the one to point out your poor housekeeping skills.
With hearing loss, the person who notices it first is usually a
family member or loved one who notices you’ve started to say
“what” more often or that they’ve had to start filling in the gaps
in conversation after attending a party. Or, more noticeably,
they’ve started to notice that the TV volume is so loud that the
neighbors know what shows you watch on Saturday night.
Mild hearing loss makes hearing soft sounds difficult and hearing
clearly in the presence of background noise can be much more
difficult than it was in the past. Often, people with mild hearing
loss report that it takes much more energy to listen, especially in
a noisy environment. It’s not that you can’t hear, it’s just not as
clear as it once was.
The fact that people with mild hearing loss can do pretty well in
most situations makes them much less likely to do something
about it. As an audiologist, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve
heard, “yeah, but it’s not that bad, is it?” My answer is generally,

2. “you have hearing loss or you do not. There is no in between.” If
you have hearing loss, hearing aids are required. Period.And
here’s why:
When any of the five senses is altered – whether it’s due to
illness, injury or just due to the gold ‘ole “accumulation of
birthdays,” the brain reorganizes and adjusts to the alteration. In
the case of hearing loss – even mild hearing loss, researchers*
found that the brain’s size was actually smaller in the hearing
areas. This smaller brain size suggests deterioration in the
hearing center, which has been linked to difficulty understanding
complex speech like what you would find in a noisy environment.
So, you see, when you have any amount of hearing loss, the
sooner you get hearing aids, the better. It’s good for your brain.
*Pearlman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
Jonathan Peele, Ph.D. (Aug 31 news release)
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