The stigma behind hearing aids could be contributing to cognitive decline in adults.
Broken down into numbers, this means that 12 million adults in the UK are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus. That is roughly 10.1 million people in England, 1 million people in Scotland, 610,000 people in Wales and 320,000 people in Northern Ireland, one in three adults would feel apprehensive or embarrassed about wearing hearing aids in public. Not only that but it appears that as we age, hearing aid stigma seems to worsen.
The charity also pointed out that hearing loss can lead to people feeling anxious about not being aware of essential information being delivered via such as roadside traffic, public announcements in airports and, worryingly, fire alarms.Additionally, not having hearing loss treated or feeling too ashamed to wear hearing aids can lead to cognitive decline.
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