Psychological and emotional harm caused by deafness

We all know that hearing loss will occur in old age. However, old age deafness is not only a disease, in many cases, it will bring psychological and emotional harm to patients, and even eventually lead to depression

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Case

After his retirement, Uncle Zhang, 70, traveled, played chess and went to the University for classes. He lived a very rich life. But, suddenly one day, Uncle Zhang left home alone! The reason is that his hearing is poor!

What is presbycusis?

Bilateral symmetrical, progressive, sensorineural deafness over 60 years old without other causes is a physiological law of aging. The progress of senile deafness is very slow and often difficult to detect. The typical performance is that it takes a lot of effort to talk with people, and often occurs the phenomenon of unclear hearing and speech interruption.

1 / 3 of the elderly suffer from hearing impairment!

At present, one out of every three adults over 65 years old in the world has hearing impairment. Among the 60-74-year-old people, the proportion of senile deafness is as high as 30% – 50%. In the elderly, deafness is a common chronic disease next to arthritis and hypertension.

The harm of old age hearing impairment

● it is easy to cause mental breakdown, because deafness can’t communicate with people normally, which will lead to anxiety, disappointment, pessimism and depression. Because if you don’t hear it, you will have doubts and worry about other people’s bad words. In the long run, it will easily cause mental breakdown and depression.

● hearing loss will be very hard to talk with people, often can’t hear clearly or even can’t hear, and the situation of answering questions will appear. Therefore, many people are reluctant to talk with them, which will make them more lonely, cause psychological trauma, slow response, mental decline, and the disuse of listening function, which may aggravate brain atrophy. At last, it will lead to deafness, and may induce Alzheimer’s disease.

Factors leading to presbycusis

● genetic factors.

● emotional tension or some chronic diseases, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, diabetes, liver and kidney dysfunction, etc.

● external environmental factors may also cause or aggravate presbycusis, such as noise, high-fat diet, smoking and drinking, exposure to ototoxic drugs or chemicals, infection, etc.

How to prevent presbycusis?

● keep healthy body and mind, create a good living environment, face everything with a happy mood every day, pay attention to control the mood and keep the mood comfortable in life.

● use ototoxic drugs carefully, avoid noise as much as possible, actively prevent and treat chronic diseases of the elderly (especially hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, etc.), moderate physical exercise, etc.

● communicate with others, use your brain and hands.