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A basic hearing test only establishes the amount of sound you can hear at different pitches, through the typical hearing pathway.

Why are dizziness and balance disorders related to changes in independence and our ability to think quickly?
Your balance-system (which includes your vestibular organs inside your ears and other components) is responsible for your orientation in the world. Your balance system keeps you upright and prevents you from falling. Essentially, it gives you motor confidence.

Hearing loss can begin to isolate us from relationships with others. Because hearing loss makes interactions with others more difficult, we tend to withdraw or feel irritable or frustrated when we are interacting with other people, even becoming upset or angry when others unintentionally or intentionally do not facilitate good communication with us.

What constitutes a Mental Health Check? 
Covid struck all of us in a heartfelt place – because of our losses as individuals, as a society, but very much because of our loss of independence and consequent loneliness. 

Why is hearing loss linked to changing cognition?
Research demonstrates that untreated hearing loss puts people at risk for accelerated deterioration in brain function. This occurs for several reasons.