Self-Test for Hearing Loss
Are you worried about your hearing? Do you have concerns about how your child hears?
Ask yourself the questions below to find out if you should have a hearing test.
See an audiologist if you answer “yes” to more than two of the following questions
- Do you have a problem hearing over the telephone?
- Do you hear better in one ear than the other when you are on the phone?
- Do you have trouble understanding when two or more people talk at the same time?
- Do people complain that you turn the TV volume up too high?
- Do you have to strain to understand what people say?
- Do you have trouble hearing in a noisy place?
- Do you have trouble hearing in restaurants?
- Do you have dizziness, pain, or ringing in your ears?
- Do you ask people to repeat what they said?
- Do family members or coworkers tell you that you are not hearing what they say?
- Do many people you talk to seem to mumble or not speak clearly?
- Do people get annoyed because you don’t understand what they say?