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Do you think you have a Hearing Loss? Answer these simple questions below and find out… |
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Do you think you have a Hearing Loss?
Answer these simple questions to find out… |
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| Do you have difficulty understanding conversation in a busy restaurant or supermarket? | ||
| Do people tell you that you have turned the TV or radio up too loud? | ||
| Do you find it difficult to have conversations on the telephone? | ||
| Do your family or friends complain that you are not hearing them clearly? | ||
| Do you sometimes miss the sound of your doorbell or telephone ringing? | ||
| Do you often have to ask people to repeat what they have said? | ||
| Do you avoid going to social events where it is more difficult to follow conversations? | ||
| Do you sometimes feel that people are mumbling and not speaking clearly? | ||
| Do you find it difficult to understand the voices of females and children? | ||
| Do you have problems following conversations at a meeting? |
If you answered yes to more than three of these questions,
we recommend that you get your hearing checked!
If in doubt - Check it out!
Key Reference Materials
The following are some key references which were reviewed in preparing content for the Mind Your Hearing website.
A C Davis. The Prevalence of Hearing Impairment and Reported Hearing Disability among Adults in Great Britain. International Journal of Epidemiology, 1989; Vol. 18: No. 4
A Davis, P Smith, M Ferguson, D Stephens and I Gianopoulos. Acceptability, benefit and costs of earlyscreening for hearing disability: a studyof potential screening tests and models. Health Technology Assessment 2007; Vol. 11: No. 42
J Schneider, B Gopinath, M J Karpa, C M McMahon, E Rochtchina, S R Leeder, P Mitchell. Hearing loss impacts on the use of communityand informal supports. Age and Ageing 2010; 39: 458–464.
F R Lin, E J Metter, R J O’Brien, S M Resnick, A B Zonderman, L Ferrucci. Hearing Loss and Incident Dementia. Archives Neurology Vol. 68: No. 2 Feb. 2011.
K Hawkins, F G Bottone Jr., R J Ozminkowski, S Musich, M Bai, R J Migliori, C S Yeh. The prevalence of hearing impairment and its burdenon the quality of life among adults with MedicareSupplement Insurance. Qual Life Res 2012; 21:1135–1147.
F R Lin, K Yaffe, J Xia, Qian-Li Xue, T B Harris, E Purchase-Helzner, S Satterfield, H N Ayonayon, L Ferrucci, E M Simonsick. Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults. Jama Intern Med/Vol 173 (No. 4), Feb 25, 2013
J Campbell, A Sharma. Cross -Modal Re-Organization in Adults with Early StageHearing Loss. Plos One 9(2): e90594. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090594
Media ContactsMind Your Hearing will provide spokespersons to comment on issues relevant to Deaf and Hard of Hearing people on request. |
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Mind Your Hearing Campaign35 North Frederick Street, Dublin 1, Ireland. |
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