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By the time a client contacts us with a view to arranging a hearing assessment they have usually already accepted that their hearing loss is there and needs to be addressed, it’s become too much of a nuisance to ignore any longer.

There is a period of time before this decision is reached where the hearing loss gradually increases over time and the realisation dawns that things aren’t what they should be, this timespan can be months but is usually years, sometimes many years.

So what are the first signs of hearing loss, what are the early indicators that at some point your hearing might need to be checked? There are some quite common things that are noticeable, even before you start to feel your hearing levels have dropped;

• Having a conversation in a crowded busy environment starts to become more and more difficult, the background noise becomes more prominent than you recall it used to be.
• Often more softly spoken voices, particularly higher pitched voices like women and children, become disproportionately difficult to hear.
• People seem to be mumbling more than they used to, clarity of speech seems to diminish somewhat and you may ask people to speak more clearly or look at you when they are speaking.
• Your friends and family may start to comment that they think you may have a hearing problem, often those around you notice you have a hearing problem before you yourself notice this!
• You may tend to want the television or radio turned up higher than others in the house or have a tendency to turn the volume on the TV up and down a lot.
• You may find you have to concentrate more when listening to conversations, particularly in challenging environments, and this you may find tiring.

If these points sound familiar to you, maybe you should consider it time to arrange a hearing assessment, we offer hearing tests and good advice UK wide, the advice is free of charge and in most cases we offer home visits.

Your trouble with hearing could be due to excessive wax in the ear canal, it usually isn’t but part of what we do on a hearing assessment is to inspect the overall health of your ear and ear canal, that includes checking for excessive wax in the canal. We can advise you either way.

If you’re thinking about it we advise that you just pick up the phone or drop us an email, you’ve got nothing to lose and lots to gain!