{"id":1647,"date":"2019-11-26T18:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T00:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ormsonhearing.fm1.dev\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2020-10-23T18:16:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T23:16:49","slug":"how-to-know-if-you-should-get-your-hearing-tested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amarillohearing.com\/how-to-know-if-you-should-get-your-hearing-tested\/","title":{"rendered":"How to know if you should get your hearing tested"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you ever feel like people around you are mumbling or speaking too quickly? Are you having to ask others to repeat themselves frequently or struggling to follow a conversation when there is background noise? If so, these could be indicators that you have a hearing loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Often, our friends and family members may notice we have hearing loss before we do. We may even use them as a crutch to help fill in the blanks when we are missing parts of a conversation. Or perhaps they recognize you are having a hard time on the telephone or the volume of the TV continues to go up. If any of this sounds familiar to you, it\u2019s time to get your hearing checked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The best way to find out if you have a hearing loss is to get a simple hearing evaluation by a licensed hearing healthcare professional. They will be able to determine not only if you have a hearing loss, but what type and how severe the loss may be. Even if no loss is detected, it\u2019s still a great idea to have a baseline audiogram to compare to any future tests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To get started, you may want to ask yourself a few simple questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do you often have trouble following conversations in groups?<\/li><li>Are you having difficulty on the phone?<\/li><li>Do you think others are mumbling?<\/li><li>Do you say \u201cI can hear, but I can\u2019t understand\u201d<\/li><li>Are you avoiding noisy events or restaurants?<\/li><li>Have you noticed the volume of the TV or radio needs to be turned up?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you answered yes to any of these questions, you know it\u2019s time to get a hearing evaluation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also free hearing screenings you can take online that will let you know if you have a loss or not. Just click on this link, and in a matter of minutes you\u2019ll not only find out if you have a hearing loss, but also what you can do about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, hearing health is important and you don\u2019t have to struggle. It\u2019s important to get regular hearing evaluations, even if it\u2019s just to get a baseline. If you go here, you will be able to find the closest hearing healthcare professional to you. Don\u2019t wait! Early detection is the key to your success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever feel like people around you are mumbling or speaking too quickly? Are you having to ask others to repeat themselves frequently or struggling to follow a conversation when there is background noise? If so, these could be indicators that you have a hearing loss. Often, our friends and family members may notice&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hearing-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amarillohearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amarillohearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amarillohearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amarillohearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amarillohearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amarillohearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amarillohearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amarillohearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amarillohearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}