Is there a
Correlation Between Stress and Hearing Health?
Check if
this sounds like how your day has unfolded already: woke up, showered, made breakfast, ran to the
car, commuted to work - (wait - did I forget to turn off the coffee maker?) the
warning light just popped on in the car - uggh, 125 new emails to read, the
phone rings - a new work crisis with a deadline approaching , the weekly update
meeting I dread is in 5 minutes and so
on - I am stressed just writing about a morning full of STRESS!
As a firm
believer in the impact that stress can have on our bodies and overall well
being, I thought it would be interesting
to investigate how emotional stress effects hearing loss. What I found was eye opening!
A few years
back, The Karolinska Institute in
Sweden conducted a survey of over 1,000 participants aimed at understanding if
a relationship existed between stress and hearing loss.
The survey discovered that a
direct correlation exists between life stressors and hearing health - the more stress that participants reported,
the worse they felt there hearing was. These findings help explain why hearing
impairments are on the rise in more developed countries where a fast paced,
schedule packed lifestyle is the norm.
The message is simple, but often
hard to do: Relax. Find ways to relax throughout the day and
your ears will thank you for it!
How do you relax? If you are dedicated to a tried and true
method, let us know below!
Check back on Thursday for: Top 10 quick and easy ways to relax throughout the day!
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