Hearing Info - Check Your Hearing
The following questions will help you determine if you, or a loved one, should have a hearing test performed by a Hearing Health Care Professional. There are two questionnaires to choose from. One is for you to answer about your own hearing. The other is about the hearing of a loved one. Just answer YES or NO to each question, then review the information that follows when finished. Remember, detection of a hearing problem is the first step to improving your hearing health.
Questionnaire: Do I have a hearing loss?
- Do people always comment that the volume on your TV or radio is too loud?
- Have you missed visits and calls from people because you didn't hear the doorbell or telephone ringing?
- Do you have trouble following conversation in crowded or noisy settings?
- Do people seem to mumble and not speak clearly during conversation?
- Do people tell you that you speak too loudly in conversation?
- Do you frequently ask people to repeat themselves?
- Do your friends and family suggest that you have a hearing problem?
- Do you have a difficult time understanding the words of popular songs when listening to the radio?
Questionnaire: Does someone I know have a hearing loss?
- When you come to visit does the person you know hear your knock on the door or the doorbell?
- Does the person you know complain about having a difficult time hearing on the telephone?
- Does the person you know always ask you and others to repeat yourselves?
- In crowded settings, does the person you know complain about not understanding what people are saying?
- Does the person you know always turn the volume on the TV or radio up to an uncomfortable level just to hear a program or music?
- Does the person you know often complain of ringing in the ears?