Signs of
hearing difficulty
- Mishearing / hearing only part of the message.
- Difficulty understanding easily if you’re not facing the speaker.
- Finding it much harder to join a conversation in a noisy place, such as a restaurant.
- Trouble hearing soft speech sounds, such as ‘t’ ’th’ or ‘s’.
- Frequently asking people to repeat what they’ve said or speak louder.
- Needing to turn up the volume of your TV, cellphone or radio.
- Finding it much easier to hear your cellphone on speaker rather than by your ear.
- Finding social occasions mentally exhausting.