Your Hearing

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Symptoms

Hearing Speech, but not understanding clearly.

Difficulty understanding women and children

Speech sounds mumbled

Television is too loud for others, but comfortablefor you

Tinnitus (hearing noises in your ears such as ringing, crickets, etc).

Sensitive to loud sounds

Difficulty hearing in restaurants or noise

Frequently responding inappropriately to questions

Unable to hear the turn signal in the car

Accusing others of mumbling

Difficulty hearing when someone is facing away

Difficulty hearing others in the car

Unable to hear high pitch sounds (birds, bells, whistles, crickets)

Causes

Noise exposure

Aging

Injury/Trauma

Ear wax (cerumen)

Ear infections

Medications

Chemotherapy

Birth defects

Vascular effects

Types of Hearing Loss

Sensorineural (nerve deafness):		The auditory nerve is damaged, resulting in hearing loss
	Common Cause	Noise exposure, age, heredity. medicine or surgery are not options
Conductive loss:		Sound not transmitted properly through the outer and/or middle ear
	Common Cause	wax/fluid in the ear, otsclerosis, ruptured eardrum. Can be treated with medicine, or surgery
Mixed Loss		A combination of sensorineural, and conductive loss. Must be diagnosed with a complete hearing evaluation

Do I have hearing loss?

Do you frequently ask for words or sentences to be repeated?
Do you strain to understand conversation?
Do you often turn up the television or radio louder than others would prefer?
Do people often sound as though they're mumbling or speaking too softly?
When you are socializing, does background noise bother you?
Do you misunderstand what others are saying, or answer questions inappropriately?
Do you remove yourself from conversations or social situations because it is difficult to hear what is being said?
Do you need to ask others about details of a meeting that you just attended?
Do you have difficulty hearing the doorbell or telephone?
Has someone close to you mentioned that you might have a problem with your hearing?

If you answered yes to 3 or more of these questions, you may have a hearing problem, and should have your hearing evaluated by a hearing healthcare professional.

Online Hearing Tests & Applications

Equal Loudness Contours and Audiometry - Online Hearing Test
The link to this test is being provided with permission from Joe Wolfe of the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Please follow all instructions carefully, as they have been developed with the greatest concern for your hearing. Ready to take the test? Click the ear symbol above.

Hearing Aid Manufacturer Tests

Phonak Online Hearing Test

Starkey Online Hearing Test

uHear™ is a unique hearing loss screening test application available for download to the iPhone™ and iPod touch®. To learn more about uHear™ click on the uHear™ icon above.

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