Hearing aids should not be a hinderance to your life or your lifestyle. Hearing issues shouldn’t hold you back from enjoying your favorite activities. Typically, it’s fine for most individuals to wear hearing aids even while working out or doing other activities that get the heart pumping.
You just need to make sure you have the necessary information about how to correctly maintain and care for your hearing aids. By ensuring you take necessary steps to lessen moisture, prevent injury, and keep a regular post-exercise regimen, you can take part in various physical activities without any problems.
Keep Hearing Aids Secure And Dry: Use clips attached to clothing, retainers, or sports headbands to keep your hearing aids in place. This will help stop them from falling or getting damaged.
Prevent Damage from Dampness: Think about investing in a protective cover or making use of a sweat-absorbing accessory.
Assure Correct Fit: This is essential as your body is continuously moving while you work out. Hearing aids should fit comfortably so they can’t move during your workout.
Caring For Your Hearing Aids After a Workout: After exercising, it’s essential to give your hearing aids the same care as your body – a gentle transition to avoid damage and ensure optimal performance. Wipe down with a soft cloth to eliminate sweat and dirt, use a puffer to remove any moisture, and store them properly. No water or other cleaners should be used, and you should keep them out of heat or sunlight.
Advantages of Hearing Aids During Workouts
Not only are you able to use your hearing aids while at the gym, jogging outside, playing
sports, or taking part in any other athletic activity, they are likely to help improve
your fun and keep you safer.
- Many sports require communication between teammates. Trying to catch a fly ball with three players looking up can become a possible injury scenario without talking to each other. You need to be able to hear “I got it, I got it” from your teammate to prevent any collisions.
- On occasion, environmental sounds can interfere with the performance of hearing aids. In a raucous gym setting, you will need to hear instructions accurately. Ask a hearing specialist for a custom setting to decrease background noise.
- Listening to music you love can be pleasurable and make your exercise session go by faster.
Set up your hearing aids with Bluetooth and “jam out” as you run or pump iron.
Using 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 beeping horns.
Get in touch with us if you have further concerns about using your hearing aids while
exercising and sweating.
Sources:
Hearing Aids and Sweat Impact|Miracle-Ear
Exercising with Hearing Aids|Tips & Advice|Amplifon AU