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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning and welcome to listen and learn, brought to
you by Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers. I'm Dani and
with us is hearing instrument specialist from Concept, Kat Klower,
who will walk us through how to keep our health
in hearing at its absolute best.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Good morning, Kat, Good morning, Happy Saturday, and happy November.
Yeah we're a weekend and we're going to continue with
our November topic today.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Oh yeah, you know this is such great information and
we all want to make sure our brain health is
at its best. So this is going to be a
great show today. Now just in case you want to
write this down and have it handy, so as soon
as we've wrapped up, you can give Concept a call
complimentary hearing screening which you get when you call eight
seven seven six three two thirty six ninety. That's how
(00:50):
you schedule your appointment eight seven seven six three two
thirty six ninety, or you can do that online at
their website Iowa Hearing dot com. Iowa Hearing dot com.
Great promo today too. I'll wait to mention it for
just a little bit, but it is a great one.
You're going to want to pay attention for this now.
(01:10):
As we continue to talk about our brain health. Cat
November is a very special month.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Yeah, November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month, and really it's a
time to heighten our awareness about Alzheimer's disease and also
to show support for the more than six million Americans
living with it. And I also want to say they're
caregivers as well, because it's just an important aspect of
(01:36):
this disease. And when it comes to Alzheimer's, we really
need to be focusing on prevention because changes in our
brain typically start twenty years or more before that Alzheimer's
diagnosis is made, or before people are seeing symptoms. And
(01:58):
with so many people living with Alzheimer's and dementia and
that number going to probably increase dramatically as the baby
boomer's age, we really need to look at that kind
of prevention side of it, and we need to think
about what we can do to minimize our risk for
developing it, and not only Alzheimer's but other forms of dementia,
(02:23):
and are what can we do, what are some changes
that we can make well. Treating hearing loss is the
number one modifiable risk factor for dementia in the United States,
So it's just such an important thing to do, And
I'm just going to take a little bit and kind
(02:44):
of explain the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's because I
kind of keep going back to that term dementia, and
you may be wondering, why is she saying that when
it's really Alzheimer's Awareness Month, But you know what is dementia.
Dementia is not a disease. It's a general term describing
(03:05):
a set of symptoms severe enough to interfere with daily life,
including changes and abilities related to memory, communication, ability to focus, reasoning,
and judgment, and visual perception. And Alzheimer's disease is the
most common type of dementia, but there are other conditions
(03:28):
and diseases that cause dementia symptoms. So when we look
at that umbrella term of dementia, about fifty to seventy
percent of people who have dementia also have what's defined
or diagnosed as Alzheimer's disease. So that's just an important
(03:49):
thing to know. And dementia is a result of damage
and physical changes to the brain. It's individualized and it
can have different symptoms and rate of progression. And we're
going to kind of get into those symptoms of dementia.
You know, how do we recognize this and family members
(04:11):
and then of course get into how it affects hearing
loss affects dementia. But we will take a moment to
go over today's November promo.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Oh yeah, it's so good because today you qualify for
five hundred dollars off per device on the best series
package and twenty four months no interest financing. You heard right,
twenty four months no interest financing with approved credit if
you call and schedule that complimentary hearing exam by one
(04:44):
o'clock today. Here's the number eight seven seven six three
two thirty six ninety. That's to contact Concept by Iowa
Hearing Centers at eight seven seven six three two thirty
six ninety. You can schedule online if that's more convenient
for you. Their website is Iowa Hearing dot com. That's
Iowa Hearing dot com. Again, make sure you do that
(05:07):
by one o'clock so you qualify for this great promo.
Don't want you to miss out on it. Kat klow
Or from Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers. She's a hearing
instrument specialist with us today talking about dementia and Alzheimer's.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Okay, so how do we know someone has dementia? So
one the biggest sign I think that most people think
about is challenges with memory and especially short term memory.
And people often worry, you know, Gosh, I can't remember
somebody's name, or I think of myself, you know, I'll
(05:42):
go into another room, or I'll run upstairs to grab
something all of a sudden forget what I was going
to do. But that's not necessarily signs of dementia. So really,
what are we looking for? Forgetting about what happened earlier
in the day, not remembering why they came to a
(06:06):
specific location, Well, I guess that could have been me, right,
repeating the same stories or questions, and not remember visiting
with someone earlier in the day. So those are some
kind of clues to be looking for. Communication problems, difficulty
describing the function of an item, problems finding the right
(06:29):
word or repeating themselves, struggling to follow a conversation, and
broad statements. Now, there can also be confusion about time
or place, not remembering or recognizing where they are, the
time or the date, often not knowing what year it is,
(06:53):
appearing confused, daydreaming, kind of having a blank stare difficult.
These with planning problems, carrying out everyday tasks such as
handling money, not realizing the consequences of certain actions or words,
vision and perception changes, difficulty reading and judging distance, confused
(07:18):
by pattern shine and shadows, And that's going to kind
of lead me into something that I typically don't mention,
but I probably should be mentioning more during Listen and Learn.
Is that our clinic and Davenport and all of the
concept by Iowa clinics across the state of Iowa are
(07:40):
certified Dementia Friendly businesses. So you know, we all went
through training to get this certification, But what does it
really mean. It means that we can recognize patients that
may be living with dementia, we can effectively interact with
those individuals, we can exhibit good customer service. And also
(08:08):
our clinic does not have busy patterns shine and shadows,
so it's well lit, it's handicapped accessible, and when I
think of patterns, I'm talking about floor patterns. We don't
have a busy looking floor because sometimes that can be
(08:31):
confusing and difficult for people with Alzheimer's or dementia, and
just a reminder about concept by Iowa Hearing Centers. We
have multiple clinics across the state of Iowa. We range
from central Iowa over to eastern Iowa along the Mississippi River.
We have clinics and Aims, Cedar, Rapids, Clinton, Corraville. Right
(08:57):
here in Davenport, we're near that southwest corner of East
fifty third Street Unica Ridge Road, kind of right by
the Texas Roadhouse. We have a clinic in Dubuque, Grenelle, Marshalltown, Oscaloosa, Hella,
pleasant Hill, Waterloo, and West des Moines. And all of
(09:18):
these clinics and our hours and our team who works
in these different clinics can be found on our website.
So that's always a good resource. And as we talk
about dementia, Alzheimer's and prevention, you know how they state
a lot of times these things start to develop many
(09:41):
years prior to the diagnosis. And because of this, it's
now recommended to get a baseline hearing test at age forty.
We really need to get people to be doing this
sooner instead of waiting till their seventy seventy five eighty.
Get your baseline early so that it can be monitored
(10:02):
it's so much better to treat sooner as opposed to
later for both hearing health and brain health. It's better
to get ahead of it and not behind it. And
of course at Concept we always offer complementary hearing evaluations.
These are full hearing evaluations. We're going to be doing
(10:23):
things like pure air tone testing, which is the type
of testing you remember from grade school. You know, the
kind of the beeping and raising your hand. We also
do bone conduction to help determine what type of hearing
loss you have. We do word discrimination. We want to
make sure people are not losing their word recognition. And
(10:45):
we do speech and noise testing because it's always harder
when we get into background noise and crowds, and it's
important for us to know how you're going to perform
in those areas. And today we have that great promotion.
It's just calling by one o'clock to get it on
(11:05):
your schedule, and just get get it on the schedule
before the end of November to take advantage of this
great promotion.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Ooh, and that is five hundred dollars off per device
on the Best Series package and twenty four months no
interest financing with approved credit again as Kat said, you
just have to call or go online. Make sure you
book your hearing screening before the end of the month
is out, and you must do it by one o'clock today.
(11:36):
You can call Concept at eight seven seven six three
two thirty six ninety. That's eight seven seven six three
two thirty six ninety, or you can go online. Iowa
Hearing dot com is their website. That's Iowa Hearing dot Com. Again,
buy one o'clock today and make sure you have it
scheduled before the end of November. So Kat Klower are
(11:59):
here Hearing Instruments Specialist with Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers.
We're talking about November being, of course Alzheimer's Awareness Month.
And Kat up, the reason that this is on Listen
and Learn is you know the pure fact that there
is a link between hearing loss and dementia and we
certainly want to uncover that.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Yes, so it's such an important thing. As hearing loss increases,
so does your dementia risk. So you know what is
this link between hearing and the brain. And I think
you know to put it pretty simply, and I'll explain
it a little more in depth, but one simple way
(12:40):
to put it is we listen with our ears or
our ears are the pathway of sound, but we hear
with our brains, meaning our brain is what is making
sense of what we're hearing, and in conjunction with that,
it's that philosophy. If we're not using it, we're losing it.
(13:03):
So we'll kind of get into it a little bit
more so, how do we hear. Sound travels into our
ear and it stimulates these small sensory hair cells in
our inner ear. The vibration of the hair cells trigger
electrical impulses to travel along the nerves to the brain stem,
(13:25):
and from the brain stem, the electrical impulses travel to
the temporal lobe just above the ear, the temporal cortex,
the occipital cortex, and the posterior parte. Oh, I don't
know if I can get that word. Perroteal, cortex, and
(13:46):
brain stem all play a role in the ability to
process sounds and perceive its location. So not only you
know hearing the sound, but sound localization, which you know,
kind of relates the balance as well. That risk of
dementia appears to rise as hearing declines. Even mild hearing
(14:07):
loss doubles the risk for dementia, So we really need
to be getting our hearing checked and getting it checked regularly.
So what are those effects of hearing loss on the
brain due to age or exposure to loud sounds for
long periods of time. Those small sensory hair cells in
(14:28):
our cochlea can be damaged or break or disappear. And
the fewer the hair cells, the harder it is to
capture sound. And the less sound you hear, the less
active the nerves are, and in turn, the less active
the nerves are, the less active your brain becomes. And
(14:50):
you now are in danger of an inactive brain. So
Alzheimer's disease leads to nerve cell death and tissue loss
throughout the brain. Over time, the brain shrinks dramatically, affecting
nearly all of its functions. Inside the inactive brain, the
(15:12):
proteins can tangle, causing the cells to die. And this
happens with both Alzheimer's and hearing loss. And I know
I've kind of described this before, but when you have
hearing loss, you are now reallocating some of your cognitive resources.
It takes more cognitive resources to focus and concentrate and
(15:37):
hear and understand, and what becomes compromised is our thinking ability,
our short term memory, and our gait and balance. And
if you are concerned about yourself, you're concerned about a
loved one who is experiencing any of the symptoms we've
been talking about. You coming in to get a hearing
(16:00):
test is a great place to start, because I even
talk I think I started talking about this back in
two thousand and twelve. I had a poster in my
office and it really described the symptoms of both Alzheimer's
and hearing loss, and a lot of them are very similar.
(16:24):
You know, a person not understanding. Are they not understanding
because they can't process and they have Alzheimer's, Or is
it they're not understanding because they can't hear. Paranoia is
a symptom of both. Depression is a symptom of both.
So getting that complementary hearing evaluation is a great place
(16:46):
to start. All you need to do is pick up
the phone and call us by one o'clock today.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
The number four concept by Iowa Hearing Centers is eight
seven seven six three two thirty six ninety. Just jutted
down eight seven seven six three two thirty six ninety.
You could also book that exam online if it's easier
for you. That website is Iowa Hearing dot Com Again.
(17:11):
Iowa Hearing dot Com now. Concept offers today the promo
of five hundred dollars off per device on the Best
series package and twenty four months no interest financing with
approved credit. All you have to do is get in
touch with them by one o'clock today and have your
complimentary hearing screening on the calendar by the end of November. Again,
(17:37):
by the end of November, must contact them by one
o'clock today. Kat Klower is a hearing instrument specialist with
Concept by Iowa Hearing Center. Kat is the one that
gave me both of my hearing screenings. She's great. The
whole Concept family is great. And you know, learning more
about Alzheimer's and dementia and the link between hearing loss
(17:58):
and dimension here you talk about it. I can see
why people can get confused, is it hearing loss is
it dementia? Because you know, I look at it and
I go wow. You know, sometimes I suffer from one
or the other, or sometimes I'm suffering from this, that
or the other, and I have to always try to
rule out things, which is why that hearing exam is
(18:19):
so important.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
It is, and you know, I want to mention the
holidays are around the court. Here we are, it's November ninth.
We're a good week into November. We're going to blank.
Thanksgiving is going to be here, We're going to be
sitting down to eat turkey. We're going to be getting
together with friends and family. And then of course all
(18:41):
the pre Christmas activities often work parties, you name it,
you know, cookie exchanges, there's much go for around that
Christmas holiday, and then of course Christmas at itself, followed
by New Year's celebrating with friends and family again. And
so we're going to be pretty social, you know, over
(19:04):
the next six weeks. So as we gather, we want
to be recognizing or looking for signs of hearing loss
and recommending, you know, people who we see may have
some of these signs to come in and get tested.
So let's kind of go over some signs of hearing loss.
(19:29):
Muffled hearing, this is a big one. I wish I
had two dollars. Time somebody came in and said, you know,
people are just mumbling. We have to remember that we
lose our hearing slowly and gradually we don't go from
(19:50):
normal hearing like we had when we were twenty years
old to being deaf. There's all these shades of gray
and between which are hearing loss. And often as we
age and we lose our hearing, we lose those high
frequencies first, and we lose that clarity in our high
(20:14):
frequency consonants such as tea isn't tom th h is
like in the word think fison, frank k is in
kite ss and sam. Those are the biggies. But what
happens is if someone's not looking at you face to
face in a quiet room, you know, people are talking.
(20:38):
You can hear them, but you can't catch what they're
here they're saying, and you just may think, oh man,
everybody's mumbling. Well they're probably not. And you know, along
with a high frequency hearing loss, what often is the
first symptom is tonight, that ringing or noise in your ears.
(21:04):
So that's a big sign to come in and get checked.
I had a lady who came in this week. You know,
she was struggling with tonight. Is wanted to make sure
get her hearing tested. Her hearing actually was fine. She
did have a little bit of high frequency to climb,
but not at the point where she needed to take action.
But now we were aware of it, and I made
(21:26):
a recommendation for her to come back in three years
and get retested. So it's always just a good idea
to get those baselines in place. Another big sign, especially
as we're getting together around the holidays, is asking people
to repeat themselves or on the flip side, not participating
(21:49):
in conversation. So maybe somebody's trying to participate but they're
not catching what's going on and constantly asking people to repeat,
or maybe you notice that they're just they're checked out
participating at all because they can't hear and understand what's
being said. So we want to make sure people are
(22:10):
are engaged and involve this holiday season. We want to
enjoy that time being spent together. The best thing to
do is schedule hearing evaluation for yourself, for your loved one.
Come in, get it checked, and take advantage of the
promo today. Give us a call before one o'clock.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
That number is eight seven seven six three two thirty
six ninety Again eight seven seven six three two thirty
six ninety for Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers. Their website
is Iowa Hearing dot Com. That's Iowa Hearing dot Com.
The promo you qualify for is five hundred dollars off
(22:51):
per device on the Best Series package and twenty four
months no interest financing with approved credit. That is good
when you come tacked Concept by one o'clock today and
have that hearing exam on your schedule before the end
of the month of November. All right, Kat klow Er
Hearing Specialist, Hearing Instrument Specialist with Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers.
(23:13):
Just one last question for you, Kat. So maybe we
are at a family gathering and we notice somebody struggling.
It's so hard to how do we get them to
come in for that hearing exam without you know, offending them?
Speaker 2 (23:26):
I think the easiest way to say is, you know, hey,
I listen to listen and learn on Saturday morning. Yeah,
And did you know that it's now recommended that people
start at age forty and get their hearing tested in
every five years. And I have not had my hearing
tested in the last five years, and I'm thinking you
(23:50):
probably haven't either. Why don't we go together and get
it checked and we'll make an evening of it or
day of it, and we'll after we're done, we'll go
to lunch or have dinner, do some shopping. Whatever it
takes to make it sound, you know, make it a
pleasant experience, and don't make it accusatory. Don't point fingers
(24:11):
and put it like it's their problem. Say hey, this
is something that we both should do. Let's go get
it done.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
I love that idea, because, yes, making it more about
yourself and that they're helping you out could be, you know,
the answer to keeping peace in the family this this
holiday season. So yes, we do recommend that you reach
out to Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers and have that
complimentary hearing exam. Just once again the number eight seven
(24:39):
seven six three two thirty six ninety the website Iowa
Hearing dot com and remember five hundred dollars off per
device on the best series package and twenty four months
no interest financing with approved credit. Make sure you reach
out to them by one o'clock and have it on
the schedule before the end of the month of November.
I do want to thank kat Klower, the hearing instrument
(25:00):
specialist with Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers that I know
and love. Thank you for being here today.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Yes, Happy November everyone, and we'll talk again next week.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
Listen and Learn is brought to you by Concept by
Iowa Hearing Centers on WOC
Good morning and welcome to listen and learn, brought to
you by Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers. I'm Dani and
with us is hearing instrument specialist from Concept, Kat Klower,
who will walk us through how to keep our health
in hearing at its absolute best.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Good morning, Kat, Good morning, Happy Saturday, and happy November.
Yeah we're a weekend and we're going to continue with
our November topic today.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
Oh yeah, you know this is such great information and
we all want to make sure our brain health is
at its best. So this is going to be a
great show today. Now just in case you want to
write this down and have it handy, so as soon
as we've wrapped up, you can give Concept a call
complimentary hearing screening which you get when you call eight
seven seven six three two thirty six ninety. That's how
(00:50):
you schedule your appointment eight seven seven six three two
thirty six ninety, or you can do that online at
their website Iowa Hearing dot com. Iowa Hearing dot com.
Great promo today too. I'll wait to mention it for
just a little bit, but it is a great one.
You're going to want to pay attention for this now.
(01:10):
As we continue to talk about our brain health. Cat
November is a very special month.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Yeah, November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month, and really it's a
time to heighten our awareness about Alzheimer's disease and also
to show support for the more than six million Americans
living with it. And I also want to say they're
caregivers as well, because it's just an important aspect of
(01:36):
this disease. And when it comes to Alzheimer's, we really
need to be focusing on prevention because changes in our
brain typically start twenty years or more before that Alzheimer's
diagnosis is made, or before people are seeing symptoms. And
(01:58):
with so many people living with Alzheimer's and dementia and
that number going to probably increase dramatically as the baby
boomer's age, we really need to look at that kind
of prevention side of it, and we need to think
about what we can do to minimize our risk for
developing it, and not only Alzheimer's but other forms of dementia,
(02:23):
and are what can we do, what are some changes
that we can make well. Treating hearing loss is the
number one modifiable risk factor for dementia in the United States,
So it's just such an important thing to do, And
I'm just going to take a little bit and kind
(02:44):
of explain the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's because I
kind of keep going back to that term dementia, and
you may be wondering, why is she saying that when
it's really Alzheimer's Awareness Month, But you know what is dementia.
Dementia is not a disease. It's a general term describing
(03:05):
a set of symptoms severe enough to interfere with daily life,
including changes and abilities related to memory, communication, ability to focus, reasoning,
and judgment, and visual perception. And Alzheimer's disease is the
most common type of dementia, but there are other conditions
(03:28):
and diseases that cause dementia symptoms. So when we look
at that umbrella term of dementia, about fifty to seventy
percent of people who have dementia also have what's defined
or diagnosed as Alzheimer's disease. So that's just an important
(03:49):
thing to know. And dementia is a result of damage
and physical changes to the brain. It's individualized and it
can have different symptoms and rate of progression. And we're
going to kind of get into those symptoms of dementia.
You know, how do we recognize this and family members
(04:11):
and then of course get into how it affects hearing
loss affects dementia. But we will take a moment to
go over today's November promo.
Speaker 1 (04:23):
Oh yeah, it's so good because today you qualify for
five hundred dollars off per device on the best series
package and twenty four months no interest financing. You heard right,
twenty four months no interest financing with approved credit if
you call and schedule that complimentary hearing exam by one
(04:44):
o'clock today. Here's the number eight seven seven six three
two thirty six ninety. That's to contact Concept by Iowa
Hearing Centers at eight seven seven six three two thirty
six ninety. You can schedule online if that's more convenient
for you. Their website is Iowa Hearing dot com. That's
Iowa Hearing dot com. Again, make sure you do that
(05:07):
by one o'clock so you qualify for this great promo.
Don't want you to miss out on it. Kat klow
Or from Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers. She's a hearing
instrument specialist with us today talking about dementia and Alzheimer's.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Okay, so how do we know someone has dementia? So
one the biggest sign I think that most people think
about is challenges with memory and especially short term memory.
And people often worry, you know, Gosh, I can't remember
somebody's name, or I think of myself, you know, I'll
(05:42):
go into another room, or I'll run upstairs to grab
something all of a sudden forget what I was going
to do. But that's not necessarily signs of dementia. So really,
what are we looking for? Forgetting about what happened earlier
in the day, not remembering why they came to a
(06:06):
specific location, Well, I guess that could have been me, right,
repeating the same stories or questions, and not remember visiting
with someone earlier in the day. So those are some
kind of clues to be looking for. Communication problems, difficulty
describing the function of an item, problems finding the right
(06:29):
word or repeating themselves, struggling to follow a conversation, and
broad statements. Now, there can also be confusion about time
or place, not remembering or recognizing where they are, the
time or the date, often not knowing what year it is,
(06:53):
appearing confused, daydreaming, kind of having a blank stare difficult.
These with planning problems, carrying out everyday tasks such as
handling money, not realizing the consequences of certain actions or words,
vision and perception changes, difficulty reading and judging distance, confused
(07:18):
by pattern shine and shadows, And that's going to kind
of lead me into something that I typically don't mention,
but I probably should be mentioning more during Listen and Learn.
Is that our clinic and Davenport and all of the
concept by Iowa clinics across the state of Iowa are
(07:40):
certified Dementia Friendly businesses. So you know, we all went
through training to get this certification, But what does it
really mean. It means that we can recognize patients that
may be living with dementia, we can effectively interact with
those individuals, we can exhibit good customer service. And also
(08:08):
our clinic does not have busy patterns shine and shadows,
so it's well lit, it's handicapped accessible, and when I
think of patterns, I'm talking about floor patterns. We don't
have a busy looking floor because sometimes that can be
(08:31):
confusing and difficult for people with Alzheimer's or dementia, and
just a reminder about concept by Iowa Hearing Centers. We
have multiple clinics across the state of Iowa. We range
from central Iowa over to eastern Iowa along the Mississippi River.
We have clinics and Aims, Cedar, Rapids, Clinton, Corraville. Right
(08:57):
here in Davenport, we're near that southwest corner of East
fifty third Street Unica Ridge Road, kind of right by
the Texas Roadhouse. We have a clinic in Dubuque, Grenelle, Marshalltown, Oscaloosa, Hella,
pleasant Hill, Waterloo, and West des Moines. And all of
(09:18):
these clinics and our hours and our team who works
in these different clinics can be found on our website.
So that's always a good resource. And as we talk
about dementia, Alzheimer's and prevention, you know how they state
a lot of times these things start to develop many
(09:41):
years prior to the diagnosis. And because of this, it's
now recommended to get a baseline hearing test at age forty.
We really need to get people to be doing this
sooner instead of waiting till their seventy seventy five eighty.
Get your baseline early so that it can be monitored
(10:02):
it's so much better to treat sooner as opposed to
later for both hearing health and brain health. It's better
to get ahead of it and not behind it. And
of course at Concept we always offer complementary hearing evaluations.
These are full hearing evaluations. We're going to be doing
(10:23):
things like pure air tone testing, which is the type
of testing you remember from grade school. You know, the
kind of the beeping and raising your hand. We also
do bone conduction to help determine what type of hearing
loss you have. We do word discrimination. We want to
make sure people are not losing their word recognition. And
(10:45):
we do speech and noise testing because it's always harder
when we get into background noise and crowds, and it's
important for us to know how you're going to perform
in those areas. And today we have that great promotion.
It's just calling by one o'clock to get it on
(11:05):
your schedule, and just get get it on the schedule
before the end of November to take advantage of this
great promotion.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Ooh, and that is five hundred dollars off per device
on the Best Series package and twenty four months no
interest financing with approved credit again as Kat said, you
just have to call or go online. Make sure you
book your hearing screening before the end of the month
is out, and you must do it by one o'clock today.
(11:36):
You can call Concept at eight seven seven six three
two thirty six ninety. That's eight seven seven six three
two thirty six ninety, or you can go online. Iowa
Hearing dot com is their website. That's Iowa Hearing dot Com. Again,
buy one o'clock today and make sure you have it
scheduled before the end of November. So Kat Klower are
(11:59):
here Hearing Instruments Specialist with Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers.
We're talking about November being, of course Alzheimer's Awareness Month.
And Kat up, the reason that this is on Listen
and Learn is you know the pure fact that there
is a link between hearing loss and dementia and we
certainly want to uncover that.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
Yes, so it's such an important thing. As hearing loss increases,
so does your dementia risk. So you know what is
this link between hearing and the brain. And I think
you know to put it pretty simply, and I'll explain
it a little more in depth, but one simple way
(12:40):
to put it is we listen with our ears or
our ears are the pathway of sound, but we hear
with our brains, meaning our brain is what is making
sense of what we're hearing, and in conjunction with that,
it's that philosophy. If we're not using it, we're losing it.
(13:03):
So we'll kind of get into it a little bit
more so, how do we hear. Sound travels into our
ear and it stimulates these small sensory hair cells in
our inner ear. The vibration of the hair cells trigger
electrical impulses to travel along the nerves to the brain stem,
(13:25):
and from the brain stem, the electrical impulses travel to
the temporal lobe just above the ear, the temporal cortex,
the occipital cortex, and the posterior parte. Oh, I don't
know if I can get that word. Perroteal, cortex, and
(13:46):
brain stem all play a role in the ability to
process sounds and perceive its location. So not only you
know hearing the sound, but sound localization, which you know,
kind of relates the balance as well. That risk of
dementia appears to rise as hearing declines. Even mild hearing
(14:07):
loss doubles the risk for dementia, So we really need
to be getting our hearing checked and getting it checked regularly.
So what are those effects of hearing loss on the
brain due to age or exposure to loud sounds for
long periods of time. Those small sensory hair cells in
(14:28):
our cochlea can be damaged or break or disappear. And
the fewer the hair cells, the harder it is to
capture sound. And the less sound you hear, the less
active the nerves are, and in turn, the less active
the nerves are, the less active your brain becomes. And
(14:50):
you now are in danger of an inactive brain. So
Alzheimer's disease leads to nerve cell death and tissue loss
throughout the brain. Over time, the brain shrinks dramatically, affecting
nearly all of its functions. Inside the inactive brain, the
(15:12):
proteins can tangle, causing the cells to die. And this
happens with both Alzheimer's and hearing loss. And I know
I've kind of described this before, but when you have
hearing loss, you are now reallocating some of your cognitive resources.
It takes more cognitive resources to focus and concentrate and
(15:37):
hear and understand, and what becomes compromised is our thinking ability,
our short term memory, and our gait and balance. And
if you are concerned about yourself, you're concerned about a
loved one who is experiencing any of the symptoms we've
been talking about. You coming in to get a hearing
(16:00):
test is a great place to start, because I even
talk I think I started talking about this back in
two thousand and twelve. I had a poster in my
office and it really described the symptoms of both Alzheimer's
and hearing loss, and a lot of them are very similar.
(16:24):
You know, a person not understanding. Are they not understanding
because they can't process and they have Alzheimer's, Or is
it they're not understanding because they can't hear. Paranoia is
a symptom of both. Depression is a symptom of both.
So getting that complementary hearing evaluation is a great place
(16:46):
to start. All you need to do is pick up
the phone and call us by one o'clock today.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
The number four concept by Iowa Hearing Centers is eight
seven seven six three two thirty six ninety. Just jutted
down eight seven seven six three two thirty six ninety.
You could also book that exam online if it's easier
for you. That website is Iowa Hearing dot Com Again.
(17:11):
Iowa Hearing dot Com now. Concept offers today the promo
of five hundred dollars off per device on the Best
series package and twenty four months no interest financing with
approved credit. All you have to do is get in
touch with them by one o'clock today and have your
complimentary hearing screening on the calendar by the end of November. Again,
(17:37):
by the end of November, must contact them by one
o'clock today. Kat Klower is a hearing instrument specialist with
Concept by Iowa Hearing Center. Kat is the one that
gave me both of my hearing screenings. She's great. The
whole Concept family is great. And you know, learning more
about Alzheimer's and dementia and the link between hearing loss
(17:58):
and dimension here you talk about it. I can see
why people can get confused, is it hearing loss is
it dementia? Because you know, I look at it and
I go wow. You know, sometimes I suffer from one
or the other, or sometimes I'm suffering from this, that
or the other, and I have to always try to
rule out things, which is why that hearing exam is
(18:19):
so important.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
It is, and you know, I want to mention the
holidays are around the court. Here we are, it's November ninth.
We're a good week into November. We're going to blank.
Thanksgiving is going to be here, We're going to be
sitting down to eat turkey. We're going to be getting
together with friends and family. And then of course all
(18:41):
the pre Christmas activities often work parties, you name it,
you know, cookie exchanges, there's much go for around that
Christmas holiday, and then of course Christmas at itself, followed
by New Year's celebrating with friends and family again. And
so we're going to be pretty social, you know, over
(19:04):
the next six weeks. So as we gather, we want
to be recognizing or looking for signs of hearing loss
and recommending, you know, people who we see may have
some of these signs to come in and get tested.
So let's kind of go over some signs of hearing loss.
(19:29):
Muffled hearing, this is a big one. I wish I
had two dollars. Time somebody came in and said, you know,
people are just mumbling. We have to remember that we
lose our hearing slowly and gradually we don't go from
(19:50):
normal hearing like we had when we were twenty years
old to being deaf. There's all these shades of gray
and between which are hearing loss. And often as we
age and we lose our hearing, we lose those high
frequencies first, and we lose that clarity in our high
(20:14):
frequency consonants such as tea isn't tom th h is
like in the word think fison, frank k is in
kite ss and sam. Those are the biggies. But what
happens is if someone's not looking at you face to
face in a quiet room, you know, people are talking.
(20:38):
You can hear them, but you can't catch what they're
here they're saying, and you just may think, oh man,
everybody's mumbling. Well they're probably not. And you know, along
with a high frequency hearing loss, what often is the
first symptom is tonight, that ringing or noise in your ears.
(21:04):
So that's a big sign to come in and get checked.
I had a lady who came in this week. You know,
she was struggling with tonight. Is wanted to make sure
get her hearing tested. Her hearing actually was fine. She
did have a little bit of high frequency to climb,
but not at the point where she needed to take action.
But now we were aware of it, and I made
(21:26):
a recommendation for her to come back in three years
and get retested. So it's always just a good idea
to get those baselines in place. Another big sign, especially
as we're getting together around the holidays, is asking people
to repeat themselves or on the flip side, not participating
(21:49):
in conversation. So maybe somebody's trying to participate but they're
not catching what's going on and constantly asking people to repeat,
or maybe you notice that they're just they're checked out
participating at all because they can't hear and understand what's
being said. So we want to make sure people are
(22:10):
are engaged and involve this holiday season. We want to
enjoy that time being spent together. The best thing to
do is schedule hearing evaluation for yourself, for your loved one.
Come in, get it checked, and take advantage of the
promo today. Give us a call before one o'clock.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
That number is eight seven seven six three two thirty
six ninety Again eight seven seven six three two thirty
six ninety for Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers. Their website
is Iowa Hearing dot Com. That's Iowa Hearing dot Com.
The promo you qualify for is five hundred dollars off
(22:51):
per device on the Best Series package and twenty four
months no interest financing with approved credit. That is good
when you come tacked Concept by one o'clock today and
have that hearing exam on your schedule before the end
of the month of November. All right, Kat klow Er
Hearing Specialist, Hearing Instrument Specialist with Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers.
(23:13):
Just one last question for you, Kat. So maybe we
are at a family gathering and we notice somebody struggling.
It's so hard to how do we get them to
come in for that hearing exam without you know, offending them?
Speaker 2 (23:26):
I think the easiest way to say is, you know, hey,
I listen to listen and learn on Saturday morning. Yeah,
And did you know that it's now recommended that people
start at age forty and get their hearing tested in
every five years. And I have not had my hearing
tested in the last five years, and I'm thinking you
(23:50):
probably haven't either. Why don't we go together and get
it checked and we'll make an evening of it or
day of it, and we'll after we're done, we'll go
to lunch or have dinner, do some shopping. Whatever it
takes to make it sound, you know, make it a
pleasant experience, and don't make it accusatory. Don't point fingers
(24:11):
and put it like it's their problem. Say hey, this
is something that we both should do. Let's go get
it done.
Speaker 1 (24:18):
I love that idea, because, yes, making it more about
yourself and that they're helping you out could be, you know,
the answer to keeping peace in the family this this
holiday season. So yes, we do recommend that you reach
out to Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers and have that
complimentary hearing exam. Just once again the number eight seven
(24:39):
seven six three two thirty six ninety the website Iowa
Hearing dot com and remember five hundred dollars off per
device on the best series package and twenty four months
no interest financing with approved credit. Make sure you reach
out to them by one o'clock and have it on
the schedule before the end of the month of November.
I do want to thank kat Klower, the hearing instrument
(25:00):
specialist with Concept by Iowa Hearing Centers that I know
and love. Thank you for being here today.
Speaker 2 (25:06):
Yes, Happy November everyone, and we'll talk again next week.
Speaker 1 (25:09):
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