The struggle to hear and be heard often snowballs into mental health challenges: in 2017, the Hearing Health Foundation in the United States noted that hearing loss can increase one’s risk of developing mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety, and dementia. Audiologist, Charnae Dowries, chats to Leigh-Anne Williams about how hearing loss affects your mental health and what can be done to prevent this detrimental impact on your well-being.