How to Conduct a Hearing Loss Self-Test: Tips From the Baton Rouge Clinic
Symptoms of Hearing Loss
In many cases, it may take years to notice hearing loss because it can fade away slowly. Other symptoms of hearing loss include:- Trouble understanding phone conversations
- Trouble hearing in background noise
- Trouble following a conversation when more than one person speaks at once
- Perception that people are not speaking clearly or mumbling
- Often misunderstanding what people say and responding inappropriately
- Often having to ask people to repeat themselves
- Frequent complaints by others that the TV is too loud
- Ringing, roaring, or hissing sounds in the ears, known as tinnitus
Hearing Self-Test
How is your hearing? Rate yourself on how well you hear.Do you:
- Feel embarrassed due to your hearing problems when meeting new people?
- Feel frustrated when talking to members of your family?
- Have difficulty hearing when someone speaks in a whisper?
- Have difficulty understanding conversations when visiting friends, relatives, or neighbors?
- Ask people to repeat sentences?
- Turn up the volume on the radio or TV?
- Feel people are mumbling?
- Have trouble hearing in groups or on the phone?
- Misunderstand what others are saying?
- Find it hard to detect high-pitched sounds such as women and children’s voices or birds singing?
- Withdraw from social activities?
- Seem to hear better from one ear than from the other?
- Feel isolated?
- Receive comments from others regarding your hearing difficulties?
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