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Good Hearing Can Make You Look Better

Three women walk together in a modern office hallway. One wears a red blazer, another a gray sweater, and the third a white blouse. They are smiling and appear engaged in conversation. The background features brick and glass walls.

Good Hearing Can Make You Look Better

Lots of us want to lose weight. Losing weight makes us feel better, and look better. Weight loss is associated with many aspects of physical, and mental, health and it’s also related to hearing loss over adulthood. If you, or your loved ones, are losing your hearing then it could be related to your weight. Making lifestyle changes often isn’t easy. Losing weight or starting to wear a hearing aid aren’t necessarily easy to do alone, and maybe even more difficult to do together. So getting your hearing checked by a good, professional audiologist, like Clarisound, may be your best first step towards looking better.

Your Weight and Your Hearing

A recent study in the International Journal of Obesity aimed to investigate the relationship of weight change across adulthood with the risk of hearing loss. Researchers found that, compared with people who maintain a normal weight, people who suffer from obesity had increased risks of total hearing loss across adulthood. Shifting their study of obese to non-obese people in middle to late adulthood was not significantly associated with an increased risk of hearing loss, whereas changing from non-obese to obese was associated with total hearing loss risk. This means that obesity and weight gain across adulthood are both associated with increased risks of hearing loss. So maintaining a healthy weight throughout adulthood is very important for preventing hearing loss in later life.

Hearing Aids and Your Image

For some people it may be a case of too little, too late. Giving up the habits of a lifetime like a sweet tooth or an addiction to fast food, or just laziness, can cause being overweight to become chronic and affect your hearing. Combined with ageing this can spell double trouble. If you think you, or your loved one, might be suffering from hearing loss then talking to a good, professional audiologist, like Clarisound, will help. If your weight isn’t the cause then wearing a hearing aid is the best way to restore your hearing and your quality of life. These days, hearing aids come in all shapes and sizes, and colours too. Hearing aids will restore your hearing and your self confidence and they are a great first step towards better general health and well-being. Whether it’s losing weight or wearing a hearing aid that restores your hearing, both can make you look better. If you are overweight and are losing your hearing then it’s important to get your hearing checked online for FREE before you make an appointment with a good, professional audiologist, like Clarisound. Our team of friendly, professional audiologists at Clarisound won’t help you lose weight but we will help restore your hearing. <!– */