{"id":3529,"date":"2017-01-19T10:18:22","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T15:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.fm1.dev\/want-to-be-happier-in-2017-try-a-hearing-test\/"},"modified":"2017-01-19T10:18:22","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T15:18:22","slug":"want-to-be-happier-in-2017-try-a-hearing-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.com\/want-to-be-happier-in-2017-try-a-hearing-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to Be Happier in 2017? Try a Hearing Test."},"content":{"rendered":"
When you\u2019re making your list of New Year\u2019s resolutions and to-dos for 2017, be sure to put this one near the top: a hearing test.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s right. Research shows that when people address hearing loss it improves their quality of life in many ways.<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s no wonder. Ignoring a hearing loss and leaving it unaddressed can be exhausting, lead to isolation, and has been tied to an assortment of health conditions, including depression, diminished cognitive function<\/a>, and an increased risk of falling.<\/p>\n But when people get a hearing test and use professionally fitted and individually programmed hearing aids\u2014when recommended by an audiologist\u2014most say they\u2019re happy with the improvements they see in multiple areas of their lives.<\/p>\n Here are just a few potential perks of treating hearing loss that may surprise you:<\/p>\n So, go ahead. Make a hearing test one of the New Year\u2019s resolutions you keep in 2017. Do it for yourself. You\u2019ll be glad you did.<\/p>\n For more information or to schedule an appointment <\/a>with one of Speech and Hearing Associates’<\/a> Doctors of Audiology<\/a>, call us at 800-742-7551 <\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When you\u2019re making your list of New Year\u2019s resolutions and to-dos for 2017, be sure to put this one near the top: a hearing test. That\u2019s right. Research shows that when people address hearing loss it improves their quality of life in many ways. And it\u2019s no wonder. Ignoring a hearing loss and leaving it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speechandhearingassoc.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n