It\u2019s February, so get ready to focus on chocolate, roses, heart-shaped cards\u2014and heart health? Widely known as the month where Valentine\u2019s Day falls, February is also American Heart Month, which makes it a great time to explore the importance of good heart health and its role in preventing hearing loss.<\/p>\n
Hearing involves several parts of your body, including the inner ear and the cochlea. If these parts do not get an adequate blood supply due to an improperly functioning heart, your hearing can be affected.<\/p>\n
Your inner ear is particularly sensitive to blood flow, so obstructions in your arteries and veins\u2014symptoms of poor cardiovascular health\u2014can impact the peripheral and central auditory systems, leading to hearing loss.<\/p>\n
In addition, the cochlea, a fluid-filled tube in the inner ear that translates sound into nerve impulses, can fail to work properly when damaged or subjected to decreased blood flow. A study of 1,600 patients with a history of cardiovascular disease showed they were 54%\u00a0more likely to experience impaired cochlear function, further evidence of how essential blood flow is to good hearing.1<\/sup><\/p>\n Men, individuals over the age of 65 and those with a family history of heart issues are more susceptible to cardiovascular disease. Taking preventative measures such as losing weight, quitting smoking, eating healthier and maintaining healthy blood pressure can help your heart\u2014and your hearing\u2014stay strong.<\/p>\n And if you already know you have some form of cardiovascular disease, it\u2019s time to have a real heart-to-heart with an audiologist about getting a hearing evaluation.<\/p>\n If you suspect hearing loss, please call<\/strong> Indiana Hearing Specialists today at (<\/strong>765) 588-1231 <\/strong>to see how our trusted hearing health care providers can help you. We offer thorough audiological testing and counseling for total patient satisfaction.<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s February, so get ready to focus on chocolate, roses, heart-shaped cards\u2014and heart health? Widely known as the month where Valentine\u2019s Day falls, February is also American Heart Month, which makes it a great time to explore the importance of good heart health and its role in preventing hearing loss. Hearing involves several parts of…<\/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":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1841,"href":"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839\/revisions\/1841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianahearingspecialists.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>1 University of Wisconsin-Madison. (2002, April 30). Advances. https:\/\/news.wisc.edu\/advances-45\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"