Health Check Ep 41: The pandemic is affecting the way people with hearing loss communicate
13:13 mins
Synopsis: Fortnightly on Wednesdays, The Straits Times guides you to healthier living and clears up common misconceptions on health with expert guests.
ST's senior health correspondent Joyce Teo hosts Dr Ho Eu Chin, a senior consultant from the department of Otorhinolaryngology at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.
He explains why mask-wearing during this Covid-19 pandemic has made communication harder for the hearing-impaired. This is worsened by the lack of facial cues.
1. More people are coming forward to seek medical advice and consider hearing aids (1:25)
2. Find out about latest links between hearing loss and dementia published in The Lancet (6:36)
3. Why wearing hearing aids only when you leave home, does not help you in the longer run (8:30)
4. When should you seek medical advice for suspected hearing loss? (11:20)
Produced by: Joyce Teo (joyceteo@sph.com.sg) and Ernest Luis
Edited by: Adam Azlee
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