Understanding Hearing Loss

According to the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), there are around nine million people who are deaf or hard of hearing in the UK. Most of them have lost their hearing gradually with increasing age (presbyacusis). Over half of all people over the age of sixty are hard of hearing or deaf. As with the decline of eyesight and the subsequent need for glasses, hearing usually deteriorates very gradually over many years.

When you can hear sounds such as people talking, a dog barking or a motorcycle driving by, it’s easy to believe your hearing must be good. However hearing loss can be subtler than that.

When hearing loss occurs, you may find one to one conversations in a quiet room are no problem. Difficulties may only happen when there are more people or background noises. Suddenly the beginning and ends of words become blurred or missed.

Someone with a hearing loss will think people nowadays don’t speak as clearly as they used to, that they mumble or talk too quickly. They may need the TV volume turned up louder than other members of the family find comfortable.

They sometimes find when they go out, they have to ask people to repeat themselves and then concentrate to hear what is said. Hearing loss can affect confidence, cause great frustration and have a big impact on our relationships with others.

If you, or somebody close to you is suffering from any of these problems, don't suffer in silence.  Call now for a free  no obligation hearing test.