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“Sounds familiar”
This short checklist will help you determine whether you are experiencing specific hearing problems. The questions relate to everyday listening situations where many people - even those with only minor hearing losses - could experience difficulties hearing clearly.
Please take your time to answer the questions, perhaps together with a close friend or family member who might have commented on your hearing ability.
If you find that many of these situations “sounds familiar”, then click here to request a FREE Hearing Test and ensure you live life to the full again.
Questions
- When watching television with others, do you need to set the volume higher than they would to hear what is being said?
- Do you often need to ask people to repeat what they have said?
- Do you often feel that other people are 'mumbling' or speaking unclearly?
- Do you often have trouble understanding a conversation when there is background noise or other people are talking at the same time?
- Have your family members / colleagues / friends asked you whether you have a hearing problem?
- Do you avoid parties and social events because there is too much noise or you can't hear what people are saying?
- During conversations in a car, a restaurant, or another noisy place, do you often misunderstand what is being said?
- Do you feel stressed or tired when you have had to talk or listen for long periods?
- Do you need to sit close to the speakers at meetings, religious services, or at the dinner table in order to understand?
- Do you often experience problems hearing and understanding what other people are saying to you when you do not have eye contact?
- Do you often find it hard to localize the source of sounds?
