Key Strategies for Maintaining Good Hearing & Ear Health | Dr. Dan Troast

2023-10-25

EPISODE 138: Hearing loss can cause many problems and devastate individuals, isolating them from the outside world. This is especially true for older people who generally tend to have less social contact…And as if that wasn’t bad enough, studies show that even a mild untreated hearing loss can put us at a greater risk for dementia and cognitive decline!So, taking great care of our hearing and ear health is super important. Here today, to explain exactly why we lose our hearing as we age, how we can prevent it, and how we can treat it is none ...

EPISODE 138: Hearing loss can cause many problems and devastate individuals, isolating them from the outside world.

This is especially true for older people who generally tend to have less social contact…

And as if that wasn’t bad enough, studies show that even a mild untreated hearing loss can put us at a greater risk for dementia and cognitive decline!

So, taking great care of our hearing and ear health is super important.

Here today, to explain exactly why we lose our hearing as we age, how we can prevent it, and how we can treat it is none other than Dr. Dan Troast!

Dr. Dan Troast, AuD, is a hearing care professional at HearUSA, America’s largest hearing care retailer with over 350 locations across the United States.

Tune in!

Key Takeaways:

Intro (00:00)
Why do we lose our hearing as we age? (01:37)
Key strategies to maintaining good hearing (03:57)
Most dangerous everyday culprits of hearing loss (07:39)
Devices to wear for protection (09:41)
Hearing loss and cognitive decline (12:14)
Adjusting to hearing aids (15:32)
Hearing loss in children (24:55)
Gene therapy for hearing loss (29:21)
How to alleviate tinnitus (35:14)
The future of hearing care (42:40)
On longevity (45:48)
Outro (49:33)

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