Facts about hearing loss

2020-09-04

If you suffer from hearing loss, you are not alone, because it can happen to all people, and it usually appears and worsens with age. Ten red flags of hearing loss

If you notice one or more of the following warning signs frequently, you may suffer hearing loss:
* If feels ambiguity when people speaking frequently;
* A sharp sound like ringtone appears in your ears;
* You often let people repeat their speeches;
* The people in family complains that the sound is too loud when you play the radio or TV;
* Some small sounds in the house are difficult to hear, such as the sound of dripping water from the tap or the door bell;
* When there are many people, it is difficult for you to get what others are talking about;
* In the conversation, you have difficulty understanding all words;
* You find it difficult to communicate when answering the phone;
* When you turn your back to the speaker, it is difficult to hear what the other person says;
* You are told that you speak too loudly;
* Common hearing loss caused by age;


This is a simple audiogram sample. The letters represent the frequency of common speech in English. Click on the Speech Banana in the lower right corner of the audiogram to see where the frequently used voices are located in the audiogram. The age range (Age) can be selected on the right side of the audiogram. For each age, you will see the position of the normal hearing group in the audiogram (the blue part), and above the line is the voice frequency that you may miss  after hearing loss .