How can I find out if I need a Hearing Aid?

Though the hearing loss patient’s family and friends are usually the first to notice symptoms of hearing loss in their loved one, it is important to find a good hearing health care professional to get a complete picture of your hearing loss. Often, a patient experiencing minor symptoms of hearing loss will go for months, or even years, without seeking medical assistance with their condition. Usually the most cited reason for adults to avoid a visit to their doctor is vanity. They are convinced if they have to wear a hearing aid everyone that sees them will think they are old or handicapped.

Unfortunately, for those patients who wait to visit their doctor for a referral to a hearing professional, any delay in diagnosis and treatment of minor hearing loss can lead to more severe hearing loss and even a total loss of hearing. It is very important for all adults to pay attention to their hearing and any signs of hearing loss. Some of the first signs of loss will be requesting others to repeat themselves frequently, believing someone speaking in a normal voice is mumbling and a declining ability to hear the voices of women and children. Often, the pitches of women’s and children’s voices are the first affected by any damage to the hair cells of the inner ear. The early indications of hearing loss should be heeded immediately. There are several painless tests a hearing professional will perform for a patient to determine the existence and extent of hearing loss in both ears of the patient.

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