Signs of hearing loss

One in six people in Australia have a hearing loss, and with the ageing of Australia’s population, hearing loss is projected to increase to one in every four Australians by 2050.

Hearing loss is usually a very gradual process. In many cases it goes undetected and untreated for too long, causing irreversible damage.

People often think it is not their hearing, but others not speaking clearly which is the problem. They may make excuses, or wait for their doctor to recommend a hearing test.

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Some early warning signs of hearing loss are:

Muffled quality of speech and other sounds
Difficulty understanding words, especially against background noise or in a crowd of people
Difficulty understanding people unless they are facing you
Thinking that others do not talk properly and mumble
Frequently asking others to speak more slowly, clearly and loudly
Difficulty understanding women and children’s voices
Struggling to hear conversation from a distance
Needing to turn up the volume of the television or radio
Difficulties hearing on the telephone
Avoidance of some social gathering
Missing the telephone or door bell
Hearing well in private settings, but not in groups
Becoming more sensitive to loud sounds
Experiencing ringing in the ears

How to tell if you need hearing aids?

Hearing loss can happen very gradually and many people don’t notice it happening until it has become quite pronounced. However his deterioration in hearing is often obvious to the people around them.

If you answer YES to one or more of the following questions, you should have your hearing assessed.

Do you often need to ask people to repeat what they have said?
Do you typically have trouble understanding a conversation in a group or in the presence of background noise?
Do you think that people are regularly not speaking clearly or are ‘mumbling’?
Do you need to set the volume of the TV higher than other people to hear comfortably?
Do you become frustrated or even totally avoid some social occasions because there is too much noise or you cannot keep up with the conversation?
Do you need to be close to the speaker at meetings, seminars, restaurants or in religious services to understand?
Do you need to maintain eye contact or see people’s faces to understand what they are saying?
Do you find it difficult to localize where sounds are coming from?
Have your family or friends asked whether you have a hearing problem?

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Signs of hearing loss

Some early warning signs of hearing loss are:

How to tell if you need hearing aids?

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