CHECKLIST OF SYMPTOMS TO CONSIDER:
- Do you have difficulty hearing when you are talking on the telephone?
- Do you find it challenging to follow a conversation with more than two people at the same time?
- Do your family or friends complain that you have the television or music turned up too loud?
- Do you find that you are constantly asking people to repeat themselves
- Do you have to strain to hear a conversation if there is a lot of noise in the background?
- Does it seem like everyone seems to be mumbling, or not talking clearly?
- Do you often misunderstand what people are saying and find that you are often responding inappropriately to their questions?
- Does it seem more difficult to understand the speech of women and children?
- Do you often find that people get annoyed with you because you don’t seem to understand what they are talking about?