Most of the time, people are unaware that they have hearing loss. It occurs so gradually that it’s generally undetectable, and on top of that, the majority of family physicians do not consistently test for hearing loss at the annual physical examination. Taking into account these two realities, it’s no surprise that most people first […]
You’ve just completed your hearing test. The hearing specialist is now coming into 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 reveal to you the exact, mathematically precise characteristics of your hearing loss, but to you […]
We don’t need to inform you of the symptoms of hearing loss; you already know them all too well. You have a different kind of challenge: persuading someone you care about to get their hearing screened and treated. But how are you supposed to get through to someone who denies there is even an issue, […]
