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Just as the causes of hearing loss vary and accumulate, the symptoms and their effects do as well. While hearing damage can sometimes be physically felt in the ears, it is primarily a sensory loss that affects us psychologically and socially.
When hearing loss occurs gradually, it may be hard to tell if you’re suffering from it on your own. If you are at the age where people usually have hearing complications or you have recently been diagnosed with a chronic disease, ask those around you to monitor your behavior for hearing loss symptoms. Tell them to let you know if they’ve seen you crank the volume up on the TV or radio more than usual as it is one of the first signs of hearing loss. Ask them to notify you if you seemingly ignored them calling to you because it could mean that you didn’t hear them at all especially if the person is a woman or a child. Upon noticing your habits, getting a hearing test or seeing your doctor is the next best step.
If you answer “YES” to any of the following questions, you should have your hearing checked:
1. Do people seem to mumble?
2. Do you ask people to repeat themselves?
3. Do you find yourself avoiding social gatherings?
4. Do you seem to have difficulty understanding people in noisy environments?
5. Do you find conversations exhausting?
6. Do you struggle on the phone?
7. Do you miss or misunderstand words in a sentence?
8. Do you find yourself nodding along in conversations, even when you’re not sure what was said?
9. Do others complain the TV is too loud?
10. Do you have a history of noise exposure?
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