Listen up! Look Good, Feel Good
Listen up! Look Good, Feel Good
Hearing loss usually occurs slowly, over decades, without pain or visible symptoms. As a result, you may not be aware you have a problem until someone else brings it to your attention.
Take this simple test from experts at Self Help for Hard of Hearing People:
- Do you have to turn the volume up on the television?
- Do you often have to ask others to repeat?
- Do you have difficulty understanding when in groups or in noisy situations?
- Do you sit up front in meetings or in church in order to understand?
- Do you have difficulty understanding women or children?
- Do you have trouble knowing where sounds are coming from?
- Are you unable to understand when someone talks to you from another room?
- Have others told you that you don’t seem to hear them?
- Do you avoid family meetings or social situations because you “can’t understand”?
- Do you have ringing or other noises (tinnitus) in your ears?
More than three “Yes” responses may indicate a hearing problem. A professional hearing evaluation will determine the exact degree of hearing loss present.
For more information. visit www.hearingloss.org.
