How We Hear

The ear has three parts that collect, amplify and process sound before the brain interprets it, and maintaining good hearing, including with hearing aids, supports wellbeing and may reduce dementia risk.

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The ear is made up of three parts:

The outer ear consists of the external part of your ear and your ear canal. It collects sound and channels it down the ear canal towards the eardrum.

The middle ear is a cavity in the skull, behind your eardrum, that contains the smallest bones in the body. The bones transmit and amplify the sounds to the inner ear.

The inner ear is the deepest part of your ear. This is where the sounds are detected and transmitted to the brain.

The brain then processes all the sound information sent by both ears and identifies what the sounds are and where they have come from.

In recent years good hearing or maintaining hearing with hearing aids has been linked to general wellbeing, better ability to socialise and better cognition.

Untreated hearing loss has been linked to an increased risk of dementia; however recent research has suggested that using hearing aids can delay the onset of dementia in people with hearing loss by up to 5 years.*

Source: Alzheimer’s Association Journal, Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, Feb 22.

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Why does your hearing change?

There are a number of reasons why changes in our hearing may occur. It may be due to a temporary condition, such as too much ear wax or an infection, both of which can be treated easily.

Whereas a long-term change in hearing may be due to many factors like noise exposure and ageing.

Conductive Hearing Loss

Conductive hearing loss is caused by outer or middle ear issues, which is often temporary. This may be caused by wax build-up, an infection or a perforated eardrum and with treatment, your hearing should return to normal.

Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Sensorineural hearing loss is an inner ear issue, which is normally permanent and cannot be fixed. In most cases, a permanent hearing loss is the result of ageing and/ or noise exposure. But just as glasses enhance your vision, the use of hearing aids can help with your hearing loss and allow you to hear what you want to.

Signs you may have a hearing loss

If you’re having difficulty with your hearing, you might experience one or more of the following situations:

• People seem to mumble when speaking

• The television volume is too loud for other people

• Group conversations can be tiring and difficult to follow

• Voices on the telephone are not easy to understand

• Asking people to repeat what they have said more often

• Difficulty hearing clearly when there is a lot of background noise

If you have noticed any of these signs we would recommend you contact our team to arrange a Hearing Assessment so we can investigate the cause and how we can improve your hearing.

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