Know Your
Hearing NumberTM
Introducing the Hearing Number—a sound metric that can help you engage with life.
Why is hearing health important?
Hearing helps us engage with the world and connect with the people in our lives. Hearing is also important for healthy aging. Everyone’s hearing changes as we get older because parts of the inner ear wear out over time. This gradual loss of hearing can impact our lives and isolate us from the people and world around us.
Yet many of us do not know much about our hearing and how it changes as we get older. This is in part because there hasn’t been a simple way to understand and talk about our hearing, like there is for height, weight, vision, blood pressure, and other key health metrics. That’s where the Hearing Number comes in.
Hearing loss can impact health
Hearing loss is…
The single greatest risk factor for dementia
Linked to loss of thinking and memory abilities
Linked to depression
A risk factor for social isolation and loneliness
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