Are You Becoming Hard Of Hearing?

If you have been thinking recently about your hearing and whether you are having hearing difficultly take a look at the following situations and see if you can relate to any of these:

Are your family complaining they have to repeat themselves or that you have the TV up to loud?  hearing loss can creep up on you, so gradually, over a number of years you don’t notice the impairment right away and it can be the people around you that notice it before you do.

Are you turning the TV up for clarity but even then it still doesn’t seem clear enough and generally the only people to be speaking clearly are those reading the news? If you have a hearing impairment, turning the TV up may still not help with giving you the clarity you are after because you aren’t picking up the full range of sound.

Can you hear much better when someone is facing you? Without knowing it, you may have started to lip-read and read facial expressions more, we all do it to some degree but with  hearing loss it becomes a more crucial part of understanding what is being said.

Do you feel yourself refraining from going into background noise situations due to having more difficulty hearing there than you used to? Listening with background noise is difficult, even for those with normal hearing but with a hearing impairment it becomes a lot harder to mask out background noise.

Are you frequently misunderstanding what is being said and it is becoming embarrassing? If you cannot hear particular frequencies of certain letters or words you start guessing what has been said from what you have heard. This can result in saying yes to things that you would have said no to or sadly missing the punch line to a joke.

Difficulty hearing conversations, your favourite music or programs on TV can be very frustrating. It can also be tiring and hard work due to the increased effort of concentration needed to listen, focus and lip-read.  It can be very easy to blame the person talking but recognising the signs of hearing loss early can mean you can look at solutions to help improve your quality of life sooner. A chat with your GP is a good starting point or booking a hearing test with a hearing professional. 

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