Can you reduce your risk of cognitive decline with fun hearing training games?

Do you struggle to hear in busy places? Find it hard to concentrate at work? Hearing loss doesn’t have to get in the way of life. eargym is the fun and interactive way to improve your hearing skills and boost your brain’s ability to make sense of the sounds you hear.

Working in collaboration with Alzheimer’s Society, eargym has just launched an audio-focused app to help people challenge and strengthen their hearing skills whilst stimulating cognitive health.

With eargym, you can:

• Measure your hearing ability and track your progress with quick and easy checks.
• Challenge your hearing skills through fun and enjoyable auditory games.
• Improve your brain’s ability to make sense of the sounds you hear.
• Discover more about hearing health and how to look after it for the long-term.
• Contribute to critical research aimed at tackling dementia.

Hearing aids have long been helping people with hearing loss. However, most hearing aid users are in their 70s while millions of adults start experiencing hearing loss in mid-life; causing exhaustion from straining to listen and social isolation when in groups or busy places.

Strengthening hearing skills can make huge improvements to your work, health, relationships, and social life. eargym is available now on iOS and Android. You get a free trial when you sign up; www.trainyourhearing.com

Andy Shanks, eargym co-founder:

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“I’m an ex-DJ who has had hearing loss since my 30s. When I learned that even mild hearing loss doubles the risk of dementia I knew I wanted to do something about it. At eargym, our mission is to make better hearing care accessible for all. We’re thrilled to be working with the Alzheimer’s Society to measure the impact of our work on such an important area of well-being.”

Colin Capper, Associate Director of Evidence and Participation at Alzheimer’s Society, said:

“It’s great news that, from today, everyone can download eargym’s fantastic new app and keep on top of their hearing health, as researchers believe reducing hearing loss could lower the risk of getting dementia. It’s also so important that eargym are currently testing in people living with dementia, supported by our Accelerator Programme. If eargym proves to be easy to adopt for people with dementia, we believe it could help maintain good hearing skills after a dementia diagnosis, or even one day used to spot early signs of dementia.”