Just like hunchback, blurred vision and tooth loss, deafness seems to be one of the hallmarks of old age. Recently, Beijing Tongren Hospital’s Otorhinolaryngology and Plastic Surgery chief physician Jiang Haijiang and deputy chief physician Chen Xiowu pointed out in an interview with reporters that senile deafness varies from person to person, and as long as the elderly understand the importance of preventing deafness, and develop good habits, you can delay the arrival of deafness, and better enjoy the “sound world”. Deafness can make the elderly withdrawn. Deafness will make the elderly become withdrawn Deafness in old age refers to with age, the person’s high-frequency hearing loss, to full-frequency loss of a degenerative disease, according to the Beijing City in 1996 sample survey, the incidence of deafness of the elderly in Beijing City District for 41.84%. Similar statistics from the U.S. Medical Center show that 72% of the elderly over the age of 65 suffer from different degrees of hearing impairment. The impact of deafness on the quality of life of the elderly is obvious. The most direct manifestation is that the elderly can not hear, will subconsciously turn up the volume of the TV or radio, and others will unconsciously raise their voices when talking, they do not feel anything, the people next to them may not have been able to tolerate such “noise”, and even lead to serious family members, neighbors and lost. Ear back will also affect the elderly and other people’s communication, such as the elderly may not be able to hear and interrupt, make jokes, and other people have misunderstandings. Dai Haijian said, due to hearing impairment inevitably brings communication barriers, the back of the ear of the elderly will gradually avoid interactions with others, the character will also become withdrawn, eccentric, and its physical and mental have a very negative impact. Good habits can delay deafness Although deafness in the elderly in the incidence of high, but specific to the individual is very different, some people are still in their seventies hearing sharp, while some people just over forty on the phenomenon of hearing aging. Generally speaking, the factors that affect the individual’s hearing condition are: heredity, one’s health condition and noise exposure history, living habits, etc., except for the heritage factors, the rest are under one’s control. The elderly according to their own physical condition, adhere to a certain intensity of physical exercise, promote blood circulation throughout the body to ensure the cochlea microcirculation blood supply, so as to achieve the purpose of preventing deafness, the diet should be from the low-fat, high-fiber food, avoid overeating, exposure to smoking and alcoholism and other bad habits. In addition, to ensure the quality of sleep, maintain an optimistic and cheerful mind actively preventing and controlling cardiovascular diseases are conducive to delaying the aging of the hearing organ. Some details in life also need to attract the attention of the elderly. For example, the north has a lot of old people like to twist rice-planting songs, which is a good fitness and entertainment, but the noisy gongs and drums to the old man’s ears added a great burden, if the gongs and drums walk through the overpasses and other easy to produce the echo of the place, a moment of too much sound, but also may lead to noise deafness. Therefore, it is best to put aside the gongs and drums when the elderly twisted rice-planting songs, change to soft music, and usually pay attention to avoid contact with noise as much as possible. Wearing hearing aids will not damage your hearing If the elderly feel that they can’t hear themselves when others speak, or if their family and friends always say that their voices have become louder, then they should consider wearing a pair of hearing aids. Some seniors feel that wearing hearing aids makes them “older”, while others think that wearing hearing aids will aggravate their deafness. Dai Haijiang and Chen Xiuwu two experts said, in fact, these views are not scientific, the elderly as long as the choice of power, performance and other appropriate hearing aids, not only will not affect the hearing, but also to provide the quality of life is very helpful.