Adapted from Active Living Canada
Maintaining a healthy body is paramount to our overall health, brain function and longevity. In fact, hearing aid companies such as Starkey have realized health and wellness is strongly correlated to our hearing. They designed the Livio AI hearing aid to track your physical health and brain health just by wearing the hearing aids. Easily monitor your body and brain health with your smartphone and the Thrive Hearing App. Thrive wellness is what makes the Livio AI stand out from any other hearing aid. With a wellness centered focus, the Thrive wellness app concentrates on your body and brain health by tracking various movements throughout your day providing you with an overall score. Active Aging Canada recommends individuals 18- 65+ should spend 150 minutes a week doing moderate-to-vigorous exercise.
Regular physical exercise keeps our body moving, builds muscle and bone mass, controls weight as well as keeps our physical endurance high. There is an upwards trend that individuals become more static as they age. Sitting down for long periods of time on a daily basis contributes to stiffness in the muscles and joints, and can even lead to atrophy of some muscles (deterioration of muscle mass). While diseases like arthritis are common in our aging population the right kind of physical exercise will not damage the joints or aggravate your condition.
Regular physical exercise has emotional benefits as well, typically individuals will feel better physically and mentally and be satisfied with what they accomplish.
Stretching allows us to maintain range of motion and increase or maintain flexibility. This in turn will support joints and increase blood flow. Low impact activities such as yoga and tai chi are an individual activity that improves strength, balance, flexibility, and mobility. Learn more about creating your own beneficial yoga practice here.
Maintaining a strong abdominal core is important to maintain balance and feel confident on our feet. Enjoying an evening of dancing should have you feeling graceful, stable and in control, instead of feeling like someone with two left feet! After the age of 40, we lose 0.5% to 1% of the bone mass in our skeleton each year. A diagnosis of osteoporosis means that bones have weakened to the point where they could break from a simple fall. This is where regular exercise and conditioning supports the maintenance of strong bone mass and a strong core to ensure you maintain balance and reduce fall risk.
You should discuss with your doctor and other health care professionals such as a physiotherapist to decide on a well rounded exercise program that will benefit your overall health without aggravating current ongoing issues. This program should include:
Active Aging Canada has an excellent resource for stretches and simple exercises that you can do in your own home.
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*Please note that it must be a wireless model. Many of the smaller custom products, including CIC and certain ITC are not wireless and will not function with this device.
The following Signia product families are compatible with this accessory.
The following Signia product families are compatible with this accessory.
The myHearing app works for all Andoid smartphones (Android 4.4 and newer) and iPhones (iOS version 8 and newer).
Full live remote tuning was tested and works best with the following devices:
• Google Nexus 6P (Android 7.1.1 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S8 – SM-G950F (Android 7.0 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S8 (USA) – SM-G950U (Android 7.0 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S7 – SM-G930F (Android 7.0 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S7 (USA) – SM-G930V (Android 7.0 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge – SM-G935F (Android 7.0 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S6 – SM-920I (Android 6.0.1 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge – SM-G925F (Android 7.0 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S5 – SM-G900F (Android 6.0.1 or higher)
The functionality of myControl App was tested and works best with the following Android devices:
• Google Nexus 6P (Android 7.1.1 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S8 – SM-G950F (Android 7.0 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S8 (USA) – SM-G950U (Android 7.0 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S7 – SM-G930F (Android 7.0 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S7 (USA) – SM-G930V (Android 7.0 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge – SM-G935F (Android 7.0 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S6 – SM-920I (Android 6.0.1 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge – SM-G925F (Android 7.0 or higher)
• Samsung Galaxy S5 – SM-G900F (Android 6.0.1 or higher)
This app can be used with any hearing aids as a guide for your first fit. The following Signia product families offer full conferencing with your professional as well as access to the full range of programming adjustments.
The following Signia product families offer a more limited range of fine tuning adjustments.
The following Signia product families are compatible with this accessory.
The following Signia product families are compatible with this accessory.
The following Widex product families are compatible with this accessory.
*Please note that the mini CIC’s are not wireless and will not function with these devices.
*Please note that it must be a wireless model. Many of the smaller custom products, including CIC and certain ITC are not wireless and will not function with this device. Not compatible with the Audeo B-Direct.
*Please note that it must be a wireless model. Many of the smaller custom products, including CIC and certain ITC are not wireless and will not function with this device. Not compatible with the Audeo B-Direct or the Audeo Q-10 products.
*Please note that the Audeo B-Direct, Virto B-Ti, or the Virto nano IIC are not compatible with this product.
*Please note that it must be a wireless model. Many of the smaller custom products, including CIC and certain ITC are not wireless and will not function with this device. Not compatible with the Audeo B-Direct or the Audeo Q-10 products.
The following ReSound product families are compatible with this accessory.
*Please note that it must be a wireless model. Many of the smaller custom products, including CIC and certain MIH and ITC are not wireless and will not function with this device.
The following ReSound product families are compatible with this accessory.
*Please note that it must be a wireless model. Many of the smaller custom products, including CIC and many ITC are not wireless and will not function with this device.
The following ReSound product families are compatible with this accessory.
*Please note that it must be a wireless model. Many of the smaller custom products, including CIC and many ITC are not wireless and will not function with this device.
RC-DEX is designed for basic and easy wireless remote control of your hearing aids.