Getting to the Problem Earlier

Checklist:

• Do you often have to ask people to repeat themselves?

• Do you have difficulty hearing in groups or loud environments, such as at restaurants or parties?

• Do you feel uncomfortable in noisy places where you have trouble hearing conversations, especially when people talk at the same time?

• Do you find background noise more disturbing when you are trying to listen to a conversation?

• Do you feel others are mumbling?

• Do you hear a constant buzzing or ringing in your ears (tinnitus)?

• Do you generally have difficulty hearing people speaking unless they face you?

• Do you need to constantly turn up the volume on the radio or TV?

• Do you have difficulty hearing on the phone, the alarm, or doorbell?

• Do you have difficulty hearing at the movies?