More often than not, people are unaware that they have hearing loss. It forms so gradually that it’s often undetectable, and moreover, most family physicians do not regularly test for hearing loss at the yearly physical examination. Considering these two realities, it’s no wonder that most people first find out they have hearing loss by
You have just concluded your hearing test. The hearing specialist is now entering the room and provides you with a graph, like the one above, except that it has all of these signs, colors, and lines. This is supposed to demonstrate to you the exact, mathematically precise attributes of your hearing loss, but to you
We don’t need to tell you the signs of hearing loss; you already know them all too well. You have a completely different type of challenge: persuading someone you care about to get their hearing assessed and treated. But how are you expected to get through to someone who denies there is even a problem,