Not Life-Threatening, but Quality of Life-Threatening
Along with arthritis and high blood pressure, hearing loss is amongst the three leading chronic health conditions in Americans. It is not life-threatening, but can jeopardize a person’s quality of life. Not only does hearing loss impact a person’s social life, it has the ability to cause depression due to social isolation. If you find yourself feeling anxious because you can’t understand people as easily as you once could, you need to consider taking a hearing test. Wilmington, Delaware is a community that cares. You will find several Miracle-Ear hearing centers located in the area. Joe DeSimone and his qualified staff are state licensed and board certified hearing instrument specialists with years of experience working with the equipment and tools to help you improve the quality of your life.
According to DeSimone, when patients are deciding whether they want to invest in a hearing aid, the most common concerns he hears are related to price and vanity. You can be sure that the cost of the hearing device and the lifetime service that comes with it is minimal, considering the advantages. According to the Better Hearing Institute, there is evidence that among individuals with hearing loss, those that wear some kind of hearing amplification earn more income in the workplace than those that do not. If this is not a reason to get a hearing test in Wilmington, DE, then consider the lifetime service that comes with the hearing aid. After the hearing test, Wilmington, DE and all other Miracle-Ear locations include a lifetime of cleaning, maintenance and adjustments as part of the purchase package. What does that mean to you? You become friendly with your hearing technician because they will assist you in maintaining a high quality of life by keeping your senses in tune. They ask to see you every 3-6 months.
If you are concerned about the cosmetic appearance of hearing aids, and you don’t necessarily want other people to know you are hearing impaired, modern advancements in hearing aid technology now offers you a host of options. Hearing aids have gotten smaller and smaller over the years.
According to DeSimone, “Ten years ago, we started offering digital versus analog and that’s been a huge advancement in the hearing industry. In the last three years, we started with the open fit and the behind the ear technology. Open fit means you’re not putting a mold into the ear, it’s more or less a real thin tubing that goes down the ear canal so you don’t get that congested feeling of being stopped up or that feeling there is constantly something in your ear, closing it up.”
There are also CIC (Completely in Canal) options that are 100% invisible. Technology continues to do amazing things. Visit Miracle-Ear in Wilmington, De for a hearing test to improve your quality of life.