Are You Too Young to Have a Hearing Loss?

If you’re reading this, perhaps you’ve noticed some struggles with your hearing recently: turning the TV up louder, asking loved ones to repeat themselves, missing instructions at work… It’s frustrating, isolating, and worrying to realize that you might need help with your hearing.  

We have people coming in to see us each day who feel like they’re far too young to be dealing with a hearing loss. However, we’ve noticed a trend recently: More and more young people have been seeking out hearing care.  

The world is getting louder and busier with booming construction sites, loud music blasting in bars and concerts, and even your personal headphones can prove to be damaging to your ears.  

Nobody is too young or too old to experience hearing loss challenges. What matters is how you make moves to treat it, so that, no matter your age, you can focus on hearing the important things in life. 

How Did I Get a Hearing Loss? 

There are many different things that can affect your chances of getting a hearing loss: genetics, exposure to loud noises, pre-existing medical conditions, and age can all be causes of hearing loss. 

If your parents or grandparents wear hearing aids, there’s a high chance that you’ll get some form of hearing loss yourself later down the line. Age-related hearing loss is still the number one type of hearing loss, followed closely behind by noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL). 

NIHL has skyrocketed to the second-most common form of hearing loss, thanks to the use of personal headphones and a lack of hearing protection at loud live events like concerts and sports games. Apple AirPods let users keep a close eye on their volume, but most headphones can reach a maximum volume of 120 decibels, equivalent to a rock concert!  

No matter how you got your hearing loss, we see it as a positive. It means that you’ve been living an exciting, busy life, full of loud environments and exciting events. It’s not a sign that you’re old; it’s a sign that you’ve lived!  

But once you realize you’re dealing with a hearing loss challenge, how do you treat it? With the help of professional hearing care, you can get back to hearing the life you love with clearer, crisper hearing than ever before. 

How Professional Hearing Care Can Help 

Each year, we make sure to get our teeth cleaned, our eyesight checked, and our physical health examined – but when was your last hearing test? 

Our team at Flex Audiology is here to help with comprehensive hearing tests to give you a better understanding of your hearing health and see what you need to help alleviate your hearing loss challenge.  

Even if your hearing loss isn’t painful or causing distress, there are minor grievances that add up over time, like asking people to repeat themselves, missing instructions at work, finding social environments increasingly difficult… Hearing loss can take a toll on your physical and mental health. 

The quicker we can identify your hearing loss and make moves to improve your hearing, the better your hearing and your entire body will feel. Untreated hearing loss has been linked to balance disorders, cognitive decline, and an increased chance of developing dementia.