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#1 Learn to Filter Noise at Home


You can start your practice with music from a couple of different devices 栭aybe use the TV and your laptop. Now, ask a friend to sit with you and talk. Take time to focus on the conversation while ignoring the music playing around you from the various devices. Work this exercise in a room where you can change the environmental distractions easily like adjusting the volume.

How to do the Exercise

ItⳠa challenge for someone with hearing loss to listen to the conversation when there is a lot of distracting noise. ThatⳠa problem most people have but one that is significant with serious hearing loss. Consider how a noise as simple as the heater or AC unit coming on could make hard to understand words unless you learn to keep your mind focused and your ears sharp with hearing exercises.

Begin your practice in a comfortable place. You⬬ want to avoid fidgeting so you can focus. When possible, find a quiet place to do the exercise. It will be less frustrating if you have control over the distracting sounds.

Start a conversation and turn one device on low. Are you both still using your normal speaking voices? Can you hear the other person? If you answered yes to both keep moving on, if not, turn the volume down on the device until you can comfortably hear and speak with the other person.

After youⶥ gotten used to filtering out one music source, try adding in the second one. To make it more challenging you can adjust the volume or add more devices. The best part is both you and your conversation partner will be doing something good for your ears and minds!

#2 Identify and Locate Sounds

Did you hear that? ItⳠthe kind of question everyone asks regardless of hearing loss. The good news is by practicing how to locate a sound and identifying whatⳠmaking it is a proven way to strengthen your hearing.

Similar to the previous exercise, you wonⴠneed a lot of fancy tools or equipment. ItⳠalso a great excuse to get outdoors regardless of if youⲥ in the country or a major city. The idea is to surround yourself with varied sounds. The more diverse the environment the better!

How to do the Exercise

This simple exercise is great for your mental health because itⳠactually working to strengthen the connections and pathways your brain uses to interpret information from your ears. In other words, itⳠgoing to fine tune your mind so you can do more with less effort!

Simply find yourself a bustling atmosphere with comfortable seating. If youⲥ out shopping at a mall, the food court is an excellent choice. Close your eyes and try to hone in on a singular sound in the room. Use your mind and not your sight to help you determine what is making the noise. Could it be shoes clicking? Or perhaps itⳠa child clapping their hands. If youⲥ having trouble identifying it try to get a sense of how big the object making the sound is, how it makes you feel, or even what type of material might be used to make the sound. All of these small deductions will help you figure out the noise source, but more importantly, strengthen your ears and mind.

#3 Play Brain Games


How to do the Exercise



Of course, there are more social ways to play brain games such as playing chess, checkers, or scrabble. It doesnⴠmatter what you choose so long as youⲥ using your noggin!

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