When people lean in to intently listen to what another person is saying, they usually instinctively turn their heads to the right side. There is a reason for this. Recent research has found that both children and adults rely more on their right ears for processing and retaining what they hear. This bias can largely be explained by the fact that sounds that enter the right ear are processed by the left side of the brain, which controls speech, language development, and portions of memory. Because young children’s auditory systems cannot sort and separate the simultaneous information from both ears, they depend more heavily on their right ears to capture sounds and information. For many, this preference persists into adulthood.
If you have questions about hearing deficits, hearing instruments, or hearing evaluations, or if you just need to talk to a clinical audiologist about the state of your hearing, we want you to know you are always welcome at BETTER HEARING CENTER. Perhaps you have a hearing aid that you don’t wear because it did not live up to your expectations. If so, bring it to us and let us take a look. It may be that a simple adjustment or a switch in styles is all it will take to bring your hearing abilities up to maximum capacity. As New Hampshire’s premier hearing care provider, we are the only hearing center that has served the Concord, New Hampshire, area for more than 55 years.
P.S. According to the research mentioned above, study participants who listened to audio information through their right ears retained the information up to 40 percent more effectively.
