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Improve Full Health 
Mental health 

  • Stress

  • Social life

  • Emotional 

  • Career

  • Wellness 

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Stress

Can be due to diagnosis of hearing loss and due to demands on brain and body

Regular use of hearing aids can help to manage stress

  • Be in control by learning more about Mild-Moderate hearing loss, how hearing aids help and what you can do to protect from worsening of hearing loss

  • Use this ePortal, wear hearing aids and hearing protection for your hearing health

Recognize stressful situations and do quick activities to improve the situation

  • Take active breaks with mild exercises

  • Close your eyes, take deep breaths, stretch, or meditate

  • Check in with yourself

  • Think of someone, some event that made you laugh

  • Listen to relaxing music or an inspiring song 

Manage stress at work

  • Check what factors are making work stressful

  • Discuss with coworkers

  • Discuss with manager or safety officer and find solutions

  • Utilize workplace mental health services

Take care of your body to improve emotional well-being

  • Take prescribed medications and keep up with regular health appointments

  • Eat healthy, get enough sleep, move more and sit less

  • Limit alcohol intake

  • Avoid using illegal drugs or prescription drugs in ways other than prescribed

  • Avoid smoking, vaping, and the use of other tobacco products

​Social life

Steps you can take to engage with others 

  • Improve hearing aid wear particularly to engage with family and friends

  • Find ways to meet new people, join a club or take a class

  • Share daily activities with others like exercising, cooking, going out for a meal

  • Consult with doctor if you are concerned about stress, loneliness, and social isolation

Check risks to your social health 

  • Live alone, can’t leave your home

  • Had a major loss or life change

  • Struggle with money

  • Are a caregiver

  • Have language barriers where you live

  • Have limited social network

Speak with a social worker or doctor on services that can help you

Check conditions in your daily environment that can help your health and functioning

  • Healthcare services when and where you need them

  • Safety of neighborhoods where you live, learn, work, play, worship

  • Positive relationships at home, at work, and in the community

  • Employment and earning for basic needs of food, housing, health care, education

  • Educational opportunities for continued learning to improve professional and social lives

Try the TALK method and support one another

T: Tell someone how you are feeling

A: Ask for help

L: Look for signs of stress in others- reach out to them

K: Keep the discussion on mental health going

​Career

There can be concerns about hearing loss slowing down career advancement

  • Lower employment

  • Lower income

  • Slower promotion

There can be other concerns about

  • Communication difficulties, misunderstandings, error

  • Stigma and discrimination with potential negative attitudes from coworkers

  • Safety concerns with higher risk of accidents and hurting others

  • Fatigue as the brain may be overworked trying to listen

  • Isolation with difficulty in joining group conversations and team events

Wear hearing aids during work as much as possible

  • Inform your manager, safety officer, co-workers about your condition

  • Inform them that you will be wearing hearing aids during working hours

  • Wear hearing aids under helmet, along with safety glasses

  • Protect hearing aids from extreme conditions like very hot, windy, dusty, wet

  • Consult with safety officer on specific workplace practices that require removal of hearing aids

Manage negative workplace conditions by working with manager

  • Background noise

  • Competing signals

  • Room acoustics

  • Poor lighting making it difficult to lip read

  • Unfamiliar situations

  • Group meetings with speakers facing away from you

  • Virtual meetings with difficult to follow audio

Be active in getting support

  • Participate in development, planning, and implementation of processes to support good hearing with hearing aids

  • Check American Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines on reasonable workplace adjustments

  • Raise awareness about the safety and health challenges 

  • Get trained on specific tools and training for emergency evacuation, training, responding to safety hazards 

  • Check availability of assistive listening devices, communication services

  • Other procedures, specific to workplace, to further safety and health in workplace

  • Know about Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) policies on discrimination protection and discuss with manager as needed

​Wellness

Each person’s wellness needs are unique - you can use these tools to celebrate your wellness

Your environment

  • Home: Clean with non-toxic products, use vacuums with HEPA filters, have good ventilation check for lead, radon

  • Allergies: Plan outdoor activities based on pollen counts and low home humidity levels to avoid dust mites and mold, consider allergy medications and shots

  • Heat: Plan activities during the coolest part of the day, wear loose clothing and a hat, use UVA and UVB SP15 sunblock, drink plenty of fluids, know heat illness signs and get medical help

  • Cold: Keep the home temperature set to at least 68°F, wear windproof and waterproof jackets, know signs of hypothermia, and get help

  • Water: Cover open wounds with waterproof bandage, shower after swimming, avoid beaches at least 24 hours after storm, check local alert systems

Feelings

  • Build strong relationships: Get active and share good habits, join groups focused on your favorite hobby, learn something new, volunteer for community with family and friends

  • Be mindful: Enjoy nature walks and notice sights and sounds around you, enjoy the taste, texture, and flavors of each bite of food, mentally scan your body and pay attention to how each part feels

  • Cope with loss: Talk to caring friends, support group, don't make significant changes right away, and talk to a doctor if you have trouble with everyday activities

  • Build resilience: Develop healthy physical habits, take time for yourself each day, look at problems from different angles, practice gratitude

Prevent diseases

  • Get screened: For harmful diseases, use reliable diagnostic tests, consider treatment options based on results

  • Block germs: Get recommended vaccinations, wash hands often, avoid close contact with those who are sick, take antibiotics exactly as prescribed

  • Protect good microbes: Eat a diet high in fiber, limit foods with high sugar and fat or that are highly processed, be wary of 'probiotics' that have not been properly studied

  • Prevent tick bites (and Lyme disease): Treat clothing and gear with permethrin products, use insect repellents, avoid high grass and leaf litter areas, shower, and wash all clothing when indoors

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