{"id":12001,"date":"2024-04-26T07:24:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T07:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drgeorgehearingaids.com\/the-basic-element-of-communication-is-the-hearing\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T09:06:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T09:06:59","slug":"the-basic-element-of-communication-is-the-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drgeorgehearingaids.com\/en\/the-basic-element-of-communication-is-the-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"The basic element of communication is the HEARING!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The month of May was established in 1927 as “Better Hearing and Speech Month” in order toinforming and raising public awareness of hearing and speech issues. From this year, the monthMay is established as “Speech, Speech and Hearing Month” following recommendations fromindustry professionals. The aim is to raise awareness of the public worldwide about thecommunication disorders and the solutions available that can improve quality of lifethose with speech, language and hearing problems.<\/p>\n\n

On this occasion, Dr. George Panayiotou, Clinical Audiologist and Managing Director ofof the DR GEORGE Hearing Centres, informs us about hearing as it is a key element ofhuman communication and its loss creates a chain effect on physical and mental health.people’s psychological health.<\/p>\n\n

Hearing is one of the five senses and is considered the most important, because it contributes toperception of the external environment. It develops from embryonic age and plays an important role invery important role in the development of speech and language, communication and learning.Our hearing is perhaps the most important factor that ensures essential communicationbetween people, which is an integral part of everyday life and theinterpersonal relationships and has a significant impact on the quality of our lives.<\/p>\n\n

Hearing loss, also known as hearing loss, is a condition in which hearing is impaired and hearing loss isability of the person, which makes it much more difficult to communicate with family, friends andfriends and his environment in general. Usually, it progresses gradually and is not easilyperceived, so that people with hearing loss have to wait almost 7-10 years for theseek help.<\/p>\n\n

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 430 million people worldwideface some degree of hearing loss, with 34 million of them being children.Research has shown that 1 in 5 people over 60, 1 in 3 over 70 and 1 in 2 over 80years old, experience hearing loss. Also, research shows that 1 in 3 people who havehearing loss is under 65 years old. The incidence of hearing loss increases aslife expectancy increases.<\/p>\n\n

As the hearing loss decreases, the hard of hearing person turns up the volume of the TV orradio, believes that those around him speak in a low voice and asks others to speak more loudly.loud. The ability to distinguish mainly high-frequency sounds such asaccording to “S, F, D, I, B, Z, P, T”, which are the main characteristics of human speech andhas difficulty distinguishing speech, especially women’s and children’s voices. He can’tdistinguish words such as “take” from “bring” or “dough” from “thyme”. That’s whyand the hard-of-hearing person says that those around him are talking in a muddled way, when in fact he is listeningbut he can’t understand what they’re saying.<\/p>\n\n