cognitive reorganization<\/a>. Older adults with age-related hearing loss are especially at risk of this and the development of cognitive decline. Wearing your hearing aids regularly can help prevent this type of reorganization.<\/p>\n\n\n\nInvest in Two Hearing Aids<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Unless you have unilateral hearing loss or single-sided deafness, it\u2019s important that you make the investment in two hearing aids and wear them both. This is because it will help your brain process sounds more naturally and prevent deterioration of the auditory nerve on one side. Doing so will also help you orient yourself in relation to the sounds around you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Avoid Noise Exposure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Noise exposure is a common cause of hearing loss. If you\u2019re around noisy situations, like a concert at 40 Watt Club in Athens, wear hearing protection like earmuffs that can be put over the ears. You should also do this when operating power tools or walking by construction sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information or to schedule an appointment with a hearing expert, call ENT of Athens<\/span> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your residual hearing refers to the hearing you have without the use of hearing aids or cochlear implants. Many people mistakenly believe that their residual hearing isn\u2019t that important since they already have hearing loss, but this is not the case. We review the importance of protecting your residual hearing and how to do so…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entofathens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entofathens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entofathens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entofathens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entofathens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3247"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.entofathens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3254,"href":"https:\/\/www.entofathens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3247\/revisions\/3254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entofathens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entofathens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entofathens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entofathens.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}