Work is a big part of our lives. Most people spend at least 40 hours a week around their coworkers. That’s a lot of time communicating. Hearing loss can disrupt communication flow and negativelyaffect your work life.
Let’s examine how hearing aids can benefit your workplace experience and how you can get your first pair.
The Benefits of Hearing Aids in the Workplace
A few ways hearing aids can benefit you in the workplace include:
- Easier speech comprehension. Workplaces, especially quick-paced ones, are brimming with conversation. Hearing aids collect and amplify speech according to your needs, helping you understand every joke, task and question.
- Better safety. While most office jobs aren’t full of safety risks, workers in construction and manufacturing environments must always stay alert. Your hearing aids will bring you real-time safety warnings like fire alarms, announcements and directions, preventing those dreaded workplace injuries.
- Clear virtual meetings. Hearing aids don’t just amplify the speech of people in your office. They can connect directly to your phone, laptop or tablet to deliver sound from virtual meetings, as Bluetooth® headphones would.
- Increased confidence. Confidence is key to excelling in the workplace. It helps prepare you to conquer work, make friendships and enjoy happy hours at Midpoint Bar and Eatery.
- Potentially higher pay. Hearing loss doesn’t just affect communication. It can impact your financial well-being. A 2016 study found that even after accounting for factors like education, age, sex and race, people with hearing loss faced 1.58 times higher odds of earning a low income compared to those with normal hearing. It’s illegal to discriminate based on hearing ability, but the possibility of poorer financial well-being is still an essential factor to take into account when considering treatment.
How Do I Start Hearing Loss Treatment?
Hearing loss treatment may feel like a big step, but it doesn’t have to be. Take the process in four bite-sized chunks:
- Call Davies Institute for Speech & Hearing and schedule a hearing test
- Schedule a follow-up appointment for a hearing aid fitting
- Pick up hearing aids
- Slowly integrate hearing aids into your life, wearing them for longer and longer until they feel comfortable
Don’t wait to start hearing loss treatment. Contact Davies Institute for Speech & Hearing today for an appointment with one of our specialists.