If you or someone you know is experiencing one or more of the following problems, it's time to get a hearing test:
- Feeling that people mumble
- Needing to watch a speaker's lips to be able to follow a conversation
- Frequently asking people to repeat themselves
- Difficulty hearing high-pitched sounds
- Unable to distinguish words or direction of sound
- Difficulty understanding conversations when two or more people are talking
- Difficulty hearing at public gatherings where sound sources are far away
- People complaining the TV is too loud
- Unable to hear a doorbell or telephone ringing
- Speaking too softly or too loudly
- Turning the head to the side while listening
- Withdrawal from social situations
- Increased irritability and anger or signs of depression
- Experiencing stress because you miss what people are saying
- Paranoia, thinking others are talking about you
- Feeling tired from concentrating on conversation
- Not hearing warning signs such as sirens, smoke detectors and other emergency signals
