Science has known and accepted for decades that brain changes occur secondary to substantial hearing loss and deafness. When a person starts to loose sounds due to hearing loss, the human brain changes as a result of altered auditory stimulation? So when a previously known and learned auditory task (such as listening in noise) becomes more effortful and challenging, the brain may endeavor to accomplish the same goal by emphasizing a greater reliance on vision to supplement what was previously accomplished via audition alone. This is true even for mild hearing loss…The higher-order areas of the auditory cortex get recruited by vision and they show functional changes. Studies have concluded that frontal and the pre-frontal areas of the brain become more active as auditory input is attenuated due to hearing loss. So, as hearing loss increases, the brain has to work harder to listen. If we define hearing as perceiving sound, and listening as the ability to make sense of sound, it seems correct to state that, as hearing loss increases, the brain expends increased effort to successfully listen, and very likely, this would be most distressing in background noise?The good news is that early treatment for even mild degrees of hearing loss can prevent or reverse cross-modal recruitment, and relieve the increased brain load present with untreated hearing loss. ‘My Audiologist” clinic located at 15 Spurs Drive . Wellington Point. Queensland have the latest hearing aid and assistive listening technology to address the effects of mild to profound hearing losses. Call today to start your journey toward better hearing, and a better quality of life!
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