Symptoms of Hearing Loss

• People around you seem to mumble
• You hear OK, but people don’t speak properly
• You hear OK, but speech is not clear
• Difficulty understanding conversation at meetings, lectures or places of worship
• Difficulty hearing in noisy environments like a restaurant, family gathering, or in the car
• Difficulty understanding speech at the movies or on TV
• Volume on the TV or radio is turned up loud
• Inability to hear high pitched sounds (i.e. birds, bells or women’s/children’s voices)
• Difficulty hearing on the telephone
• Difficulty hearing whispers or someone that is behind you or in another room
• You tend to limit your social activities because it’s difficult to hear and communicate, causing frustration
• Consistently asking people to repeat themselves
• Need to watch a speaker’s lips more closely to follow conversations
• Need to turn the head to one side while listening