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 It is estimated that over 30 million Americans experience significant hearing loss. Obviously, hearing loss affects a person's ability to communicate with friends, family, co-workers or clients, but there can be more significant effects of hearing loss as well. Research on quality-of-life and hearing indicates that people with significant hearing loss may become withdrawn socially. Social withdrawl is known to affect overall health and quality of life.
Sometimes, hearing loss is a little more sneaky. It doesn't present itself as an overall inability to hear, but more as misunderstanding some voices. This may start as confusing words that sound alike, saying "huh?," or feeling like a lot of people are mumbling. This is a sign of high-frequency hearing loss that many of us acquire as we get older or when we've been around too much loud noise.
The information contained below should give you some insight into hearing and hearing loss. If you feel like you might have some of these symptoms, contact us at
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and we'll set you up for a hearing evaluation and tell you how we can help you hear life. |
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Hearing is an important function in human communication. Although there are volumes written on hearing and the anatomical and physiological processes of the auditory system, I'd like to give you just a brief description of how we hear.
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There are basically three primary types of hearing loss.(If you haven't already read the "How we hear" article, it might help to look at that one first.) A conductive hearing loss is caused by something that stops sound from getting through to the inner ear. |
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I Can Hear Fine, I Just Don't Understand Some People |
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Have you ever uttered those words? Perhaps it's more like, "If people would just speak clearly, I wouldn't have any problems." Or, "He just has selective hearing." |
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Hearing Loss 