Time passes really fast! We are going to be in the year 2025 in the blink of an eye. Many people would neglect the importance of hearing health as most of the people would have a misconception that hearing loss is a common condition caused by aging. But do you know that hearing health is vital for us as it affects the quality of our life as well as our lives too. Why said so is because hearing loss brings lots of inconvenience in our daily life as we often require people to repeat their lines and increase volume during conversation and slowly isolated from the community and becoming unsocialized which affects our quality of life.

Hearing Loss as a Symptom of Underlying Conditions 

Besides that, for some cases, hearing loss might be the symptoms of an underlying medical condition. For instance, unilateral hearing loss might be due to Vestibular Schwannoma which may cause balance disorder, facial numbness, difficulty in swallowing in which the patient could be in danger if stay alone without realizing the issue. People with hearing loss might be unconsciously get troubled in an unfortunate accident whereby a person walking on the street alone but get hit by a vehicle as he can’t listen to the car horn sound from his back.

The Need for Early Intervention and Annual Hearing Screening 

Early intervention is encouraged to prevent delay management. This is why annual hearing screening is necessary to be conducted for the sake of life assurance. We should welcome the brand-new year with healthy hearing. With healthy hearing, we are entitled for enjoyment as the following:  

Enjoy Quality Time during Family Reunion  

The elderly will get to enjoy a quality bonding time with their children or grandchildren without the need of repetitive line in speaking and playing time.  This could ensure the bonding moment is delightful and enjoyable without any hearing obstacles.  

Responsive During Conversation   

As we know, there will be lots of gathering session such as brunch, lunch, visiting, dinner date, catch-up sessions, counting down event for new year eve or upcoming Chinese New Year celebration. People with healthy hearing could be responsive in conversation during meeting and greeting sessions with relatives, friends, colleagues, family and so on.   

Maintain a healthy relationship with partner, friends and colleagues  

It’s undoubtedly true that hearing loss would cause people to have grumpy emotions as they feel helpless, insecure and frustrated when they couldn’t listen to what people are saying. They would increase their volume unconsciously which makes people misunderstand that they are fierce or not friendly. Apart from that, they couldn’t join people’s conversation and thus feel neglected in some way. With healthy hearing, we could catch people’s lines easily, joining conversation, providing constructive opinions in the workplace and so on. This is why healthy hearing plays an important role in maintaining a peaceful and healthy relationship with different parties.  

Let’s welcome a brand-new year with healthy hearing and treasure every single moment of togetherness. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s get your hearing screening done before welcoming the year 2025! Always remember that taking care of your hearing health is part of our self-love routine too!

Hayley Lim, Customer Care Executive at 20dB Hearing Tawau