Hearing aids shouldn’t be a hinderance to your life or your lifestyle. Hearing problems shouldn’t keep you back from taking pleasure in your favorite activities. Normally, it’s fine for most people to use hearing aids even while working out or engaging in other activities that get the heart pumping.
You just need to make sure you have the necessary knowledge about how to correctly maintain and care for your hearing aids. By ensuring you take essential steps to lessen moisture, avoid injury, and maintain a regular post-exercise routine, you can participate in a variety of physical activities without any problems.
Safeguard your hearing aids: Utilize clips on your clothing, retainers, or sports headbands to anchor them and keep them dry. This will help stop them from falling or getting damaged.
Protect Against Moisture: Purchase a cover to soak up perspiration and/or use a sweatband.
Assure Proper Fit: This is important as your body is constantly moving while you exercise. Hearing aids need to fit snugly so they can’t shift during your workout.
Maintain Your Hearing Aids After a Workout: After working out, it’s essential to give your hearing aids the same attention as your body – a smooth transition to prevent damage and ensure optimum functionality. Clean the device with a mild cloth to eliminate sweat and dirt, then use a puffer to get rid of any moisture, and finally, make sure to store it appropriately. No water or other cleaners should be used, and you should keep them away from heat or sunlight.
Advantages of Using Hearing Aids While Exercising
Not only are you able to wear your hearing aids while at the gym, running outside, playing
sports, or participating in any other athletic activity, they are likely to help enhance
your enjoyment and keep you safer.
- Most sports necessitate teamwork and communication among players. Attempting to catch a fly ball with three players looking up can be a possible injury situation without talking to each other. You want to be able to hear “I got it, I got it” from your teammate to prevent any collisions.
- On occasion, environmental sounds can hamper the effectiveness of hearing aids. You may want to be able to hear the instructions in a noisy gym setting. Consult an audiologist to create a personalized setting that decreases background noise.
- Listening to music you love can be pleasurable and make your exercise session go by quicker.
Set up your hearing aids with Bluetooth and “rock out” as you run or lift weights.
Wearing your hearing aids while walking or jogging, for instance, will keep you aware of
essential sounds around you, like the sirens of emergency vehicles or honking horns.
Contact us if you have further questions about using your hearing aids while
working out and perspiring.
Sources:
Hearing Aids and Sweat Impact|Miracle-Ear
Exercising with Hearing Aids|Tips & Advice|Amplifon AU