Hearing loss often develops gradually, but its effects can build over time.
Without support, it can begin to affect how you connect with others, participate in everyday activities, and feel about your own confidence and independence.
The ways hearing loss can impact you
Hearing loss can affect more than just your ability to hear — it can influence how you communicate, connect with others, and experience everyday life.
Loneliness
Hearing loss often develops gradually, making conversations and social interactions harder, which can lead to withdrawal, isolation, and loneliness.
Fear or Frustration
As everyday activity and conversation carries on around someone with hearing loss, they often experience feelings of fear that they may miss important information or frustration that communication feels so strained.
Depression
For some individuals, as their new reality of living with hearing loss sets in, they may experience feelings of depression and hopelessness. Managing hearing loss in its earlier stages may help some people navigate past these feelings as they receive strategies for communication.
Anxiety
Feelings of anxiety may develop for individuals with hearing loss as they become fearful of losing connections with friendships, relationships, work or social settings. As their hearing loss progresses, they may start to avoid social settings, further isolating themselves and adding to their feelings of loneliness.
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