Signs of Hearing Loss
Hearing Loss Symptoms
At Conor Mullarkey Hearing Care we can perform a professional audiometric assessment of your hearing ability. This assessment is the only way to accurately establish if you are suffering from hearing loss. A drop in hearing acuity may occur because of a build-up wax in the ear, may result in difficulty with specific sounds or may be a permanent but treatable hearing loss. Typically, hearing loss is an insidious, slow decline as opposed to a one-off significant event.
The following are the most common symptoms that you or someone you know may be suffering a hearing loss. Please contact us today, to schedule an appointment, if you have identified any of the signs listed below.
- Asking people to repeat themselves often
- Difficulty following conversations in group situations
- Thinking that others are mumbling or speaking quietly
- Thinking everybody speaks too fast
- Difficulty hearing speech in noisy situations
- People commenting about how loud your TV or radio is
- Inappropriate responses during conversation
- Loosing context and flow of a conversation
- Misrepresenting words
- Stress and tiredness from straining to hear what others are saying
- Avoiding enjoyable social group situations, family gatherings, social occasions etc. more often
- Displaying anxiety prior to social occasions
- Family history of hearing loss
- Taking medications that can harm the hearing system
- Diabetes, heart, circulation, or thyroid problems
- History of exposure to loud noises at work or leisure
- Talking over people to camouflage inability to hear
