Hearing loss can develop gradually over time or suddenly due to injury, and causes difficulties understanding conversations where voices may sound muffled or too quiet. Common signs of hearing loss include having to turn up the volume on TVs and radios, inability to distinguish some sounds, and finding women's voices harder to hear than men's. Hearing loss can also cause ringing in the ears, dizziness, and pain in the ears. People may not realize they have hearing loss or may deny it by asking people to repeat themselves or avoiding social situations. If experiencing any of these symptoms, the document recommends scheduling an appointment with a hearing specialist for tests and determining appropriate treatment options.

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Symptoms of Hearing Loss
Hearing loss comes in many forms – it might develop gradually (for example, due to
aging) or all of a sudden (due to an accident or trauma). The hearing loss itself may
be temporary or permanent, and may vary from mild (having trouble understanding
conversations) to severe (total deafness). Moreover, a person may experience a
loss of hearing in either a single ear or both ears.
There are a number of signs and symptoms linked to hearing loss, one of the more
common of which is a growing difficulty hearing or understanding conversations.
People’s voices may seem to be at too
low a volume (as if the speakers were
far away), or sound muffled (as if the
speakers were speaking through a wall
from another room). You might be able
to hear people speaking, but not be
able to distinguish specific words,
especially if more than one person is
speaking or the conversations are in
environments with lots of background
noise.
Other signs that you may have sustained some hearing loss include turning up the
volume on your TV or radio much higher than you did in the past, being unable to
distinguish certain high-pitched sounds (such as ‘th’ or ‘s’) from one another, and
having more difficulty hearing women’s voices than men’s voices. If you have pain,
tenderness, or itching in your ears, have periods of vertigo or dizziness, or hear a
persistent buzzing or ringing sound, these symptoms may also be indicators of
hearing loss.
One of the difficulties with hearing loss is that it may arise so gradually that people
may not even realize it. Or they might notice it but display “denial behaviors” to try

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to hide or conceal their hearing loss from other people. Examples of these kinds of
symptoms include asking people to repeat themselves often, avoiding
conversations and social situations, acting as if you’ve heard things that you really
didn’t, and emotions of depression or isolation.
If any of these signs and symptoms sound familiar to you, it is time to schedule an
appointment with one of our hearing specialists. We can help by administering
tests to see if you do have hearing loss, and if you have, we can help determine
what to do about it.