Hearing loss – Signs and Facts

Hearing loss is far more common than people think. Being proactive and making the choice to take control of your hearing health, is far better than having to do something because everyone around you is telling you to do something!

Signs of hearing loss

It’s not always easy to tell if you’re losing your hearing. There are sounds that we start to stop hearing; The microwave ping, door bell or car indicators, but more commonly, we start to misunderstand speech from those closest to us

Common signs of the start of hearing loss, will often include:

• difficulty hearing other people clearly and misunderstanding what they say, especially in noisy places
• asking people to repeat themselves
• listening to music or watching TV with the volume higher than other people need
• difficulty hearing on the phone
• finding it hard to keep up with a conversation
• feeling tired or stressed from having to concentrate while listening

Sometimes someone else might notice problems with your hearing before you do and that reality maybe very hard to accept