Oh the joys of aging... a new report finds that the estimated 21 percent of American adults 48 to 59 years old have some kind of moderate hearing loss. What is worse, the number jumps to 90 percent by the time individuals hit 80 and older.

Decline of hearing makes it difficult to communicate with people around you, resulting in a much poorer quality of life, and may potentially accelerate the growth of dementia and other cognitive difficulties based on the authors of the research.

Doctors understand that hearing loss may be caused by chronic exposure to overloud seems, but this group of investigators identified another factor involved with hearing loss - coronary disease.

Why? Researchers consider one reason might be the disruptions to blood circulation which occur as part of cardiovascular disease. This may allow less oxygen to get to the inner ear, or other parts of the hearing organs and with no oxygen the cells expire, no more working as they should. Recent estimates have nearly 29 million Americans with a measurable hearing handicap.

To conduct this study, the group gathered information on 3,285 adults (average age 49). They discovered hearing loss by measuring the ability to listen to certain tones, having the ability to identify words spoken at different audio levels, and also the capacity to listen to words stated by both men and females.

There has been a certain quantity of hearing loss evident in 14.1percent of those participants. Noisy environments affected the ability of the topics to listen to words spoken softly - just 63.5% of those subjects can do this.

Most commonly found in men and people more educated, hearing loss was discovered to impact those who had been employed in tasks based in a loud environment, in addition to the ones who had had previous ear surgeries. If a parent had hearing issues, their offspring had a higher chance of the same because this illness has a substantial hereditary component.

Trouble is, that our planet has become noisier by the moment. It is believed the increasing sound that is a natural, inevitable part of the planet we are living in... office audio, traffic sound, jackhammers, sirens and such, would be the reason a lot of of us are losing our hearing loss, particularly those at lower educational and social degrees. They are just exposed to louder sounds for longer intervals.

Living a healthy lifestyle helps decrease the odds of cardiovascular disease (and of course other harmful chronic conditions), and might have an effect on hearing loss, slowing or maybe preventing it completely. How that you live now - everything you eat, how much you exercise, the way should rest you gain - surely impacts your entire body, so why don't you hearing loss too?

And while severe or even moderate hearing loss with age can not be reversed, but you'll find things you can do in order to enhance what you hear. Hearing aids have come a very long way. Additionally, there are cochlear implants for acute hearing loss. You may also work on methods to handle your hearing loss and communicate - picked silent areas, ask other people to talk clearly, switch off the background sound and face the person who you're speaking to - everything will allow you to hear more clearly and engage fully.