Signs of Hearing Loss
If you are experiencing difficulties with your hearing, you are not alone. Around 9 million people in the UK – one in seven of the population– experience some level of hearing loss.
Hearing loss is often gradual and can be age related. With our elderly population on the rise, this means that increasing numbers of people are experiencing hearing loss. Age related hearing loss is the most common cause of deafness. This is a very gradual process that may take place over a number of years. Often, people do not become aware of any problem until their hearing loss has reached a level where its impact is felt in everyday communication.
However, there are some early signs that you can look out for:
- Do other people seem to mumble?
- Is it sometimes difficult to hear other people’s voices in a noisy pub or restaurant where others seem to manage quite well?
- Do you find other people’s TV or radio volume too low for you to hear clearly?
- Do other people comment that your TV or radio is too loud for them?
- Do you sometimes misunderstand what others are saying to you?
Do you find yourself ‘filling in the gaps’ when you have misheard what someone has said to you?
- Do you often have to ask others to repeat what they have said to you?
With age related hearing loss, the high frequency sounds are generally the first to go. These
sounds are the consonants we hear – the sounds that help us to make sense of what is being said. So, while you
may still hear someone talking, you may think they are mumbling
and not be able to make out exactly what is being said to
you. Increasingly finding yourself in such a situation can
become difficult and over time, you may withdraw and begin
to feel isolated.
We are to provide an accurate diagnosis on
the precise level of hearing loss you are
suffering from, which will in turn help us to deliver the
best solution for your individual needs in order to enhance
your way of life on a daily basis. It is also important to
us that you remember that under no circumstances will you
be under any obligations whatsoever to actually purchase a
hearing aid through our services.
Making an appointment with our qualified
staff to discuss your concerns with us, gives us the opportunity
to carry out a hearing test for you and to advise you on the
products available that could transform these situations for
you and enable you to enjoy better communication again.
More information on hearing and hearing loss
is available at www.hear-it.org
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