Symptoms of Hearing Loss
Even though hearing loss may occur slowly, its impact can be significant. Someone suffering from hearing loss might:
- Limit social activities because it’s too difficult to understand what is being said
- Become frustrated or angry, or experience frustration or anger from others, simply because they have misunderstood or not heard something that was being said
- Feel lonely or isolated, or become depressed
- Be at risk if they are not able to hear important signals such as alarms, horns or sirens
Because most hearing loss occurs slowly, the symptoms are often difficult to recognize, or may be overlooked all-together until the hearing loss is more obvious. The most common symptoms of hearing loss include:
- Difficulty hearing in noisy environments
- Hearing, but not understanding
- Feeling as if a speaker is "mumbling"
- Lip reading to understand speech
- Turning up the volume on the TV or radio
- Difficulty hearing environmental sounds, such as birds, sirens, an automobile turn signal, or the ringing of the telephone
While some have put off treatment for any number of reasons, with the significant advances in technology in just the last few years, help is more readily available than ever before. And with the latest digital technology available from Clear-tone, there’s no waiting, no risk, and no reason to go without.
If you believe that you or someone you know may be suffering from hearing loss, we'd like to help. Call today.