The phenomenon of hearing decline will become more and more obvious in the process of people's growing age, and the situation of hearing loss of the elderly is very common in our life. Therefore, with the growing age, we should also have some tips to prevent the back of the ear of the elderly.
Hearing decline in the elderly is a kind of auditory manifestation of human aging, which is a physiological phenomenon, but it also has pathological factors, or may also be influenced by external environment. For example, environmental noise, bacterial virus infection, ototoxic drugs can directly damage the hearing cells, while mental factors, metabolic disorders, vitamin and trace element deficiency, and some general diseases of the elderly will also accelerate the decline of hearing cells. For the prevention of otodorsum in the elderly, the experts specially explained from the following aspects:
1、 Stop digging ears
The old people like to dig their ears with ear scoops and matchsticks. This is because the physiological blood circulation of the old people is weakened, the secretion in the ear canal is reduced, resulting in a sense of dryness and cracking. Sometimes they feel extremely itchy and can't stand it. After the ear digging stimulation, they can get temporary relief. But in this way, it's easy to bruise the ear canal and cause infection, inflammation, or even damage the tympanic membrane. The scientific method is when the ear canal is extremely itchy, Dip a cotton swab into a little alcohol or glycerin and gently wipe the ear canal. You can also take vitamin E, C and cod liver oil internally. The itching of the inner ear can be relieved
2、 Regular massage
There is a certain relationship between hearing loss in the elderly and the decrease of blood circulation in the inner ear. Local massage can increase blood circulation and also maintain hearing. Yifeng acupoint (the depression behind the earlobe) and hearing acupoint (the depression in front of the earlobe and Yifeng acupoint are symmetrical between the ears) can be performed once in the morning and evening, 5-10 minutes each time. This is a very practical ear health care method. 3. Avoid noise
If the elderly contact with noise for a long time, it will make the hearing which has begun to decline easier to fatigue. The micro blood vessels in the inner ear often have spasm, which makes the blood supply of the inner ear insufficient, and the hearing will rapidly decrease, even noise deafness will occur. Therefore, the elderly should try to reduce the noise interference to the hearing
4、 Control hypertension and prevent senile cardiovascular disease
The elderly, especially those with cardiovascular disease, must eat less saturated fat diet to reduce the incidence of hypertension. Once it is found that the high-frequency hearing threshold is decreased, cholesterol lowering drugs and vasodilators should be taken to avoid cochlear microvascular lesions.
5、 Careful medication
The elderly can supplement vitamin A, vitamin D and vitamin E appropriately, and try to avoid the use of ototoxic drugs, such as gentamicin, streptomycin, kanamycin, neomycin, etc., because these drugs are easy to cause hearing damage.
Physiologically speaking, hearing loss not only weakens the old people's ability to receive external information, but also leads to language barrier. Therefore, the prevention of the ear back is not only related to the hearing of the elderly, but also related to the health of the elderly.
It can be seen from the above that the symptoms of the back of the ear in the elderly are related to a variety of factors, including both physiological and pathological factors. Therefore, in daily life, in order to avoid the continuous decline of hearing, the elderly can be effectively prevented according to the five methods described in the article.