Do I need to have my hearing tested?

See an audiologist if you answer “yes” to more than two of the following questions:

• Do you have a problem hearing over the telephone?
• Do you hear better in one ear than the other when you are on the phone?
• Do you have trouble understanding when two or more people talk at the same time?
• Do people complain that you turn the TV volume up too high?
• Do you have to strain to understand what people say?
• Do you have trouble hearing in a noisy place?
• Do you have trouble hearing in restaurants?
• Do you have dizziness, pain, or ringing in your ears?
• Do you ask people to repeat what they said?
• Do family members or coworkers tell you that you are not hearing what they say?
• Do many people you talk to seem to mumble or not speak clearly?
• Do you have trouble understanding women and children?
• Do people get annoyed because you don’t understand what they say?