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If you answer yes to three or
more of the following questions
compiled by the American
Academy of Otolaryngology, see
your family physician or a
physician who specializes in
hearing.
• Do you have a problem
hearing over the telephone?
• Do you have trouble fol-
lowing the conversation when
two or more people are talking
at the same time?
• Do people complain that
you turn the TV volume up too
high?
• Do you have to strain to
understand conversation?
• Do you find yourself asking
people to repeat themselves?
• Do you misunderstand
what people say and respond
inappropriately?
• Do you have trouble under-
standing the speech of women
and children?
• Do people get annoyed
because you misunderstand
what they say?
• Do you have trouble hear-
ing in a noisy background?
"That means getting a 30-day or
60-day trial period and making sure
you have a I- to 2-year warranty that
covers both parts and labor. Hearing
aids can't produce normal hearing or
eliminate all the background noise.
Beware of salespeople who claim their
products can."
Hearing loss in older people is usu-
ally tied to aging. According to Dr.
Michael Rontal, an Otolaryngologist,—
most of us start losing our hearing
acuity in our 40s.
"Just think of yourself sitting at a
table of 10 at a bar mitzvah and the
band is playing," explains Rontal.
"The only conversations you can
hear, unless you're a
Dr. Goff kid, is from the per-
son on your left and
uses a
the one on your right
sound
booth to Your ability to hear is
wearing out."
check a
Generally, a per-
patient's
hearing. son's ability to distin-
guish the lower fre-
quency sounds is the
first area that is
diminished: This
makes it more diffi-cn-
cult to determine which vowels are
being used in a conversation.
Then comes difficulty hearing
higher frequencies, which includes
being able to distinguish conso-
nants, making words difficult to
understand even though they can 1)
heard. Listening to voices of womerj
and children is usually more diffl--j,
cult because they speak in higher
frequencies.
Certain sounds may be particularly
difficult to distinguish such as S, F,
SH, CH, H and soft C because
they're high frequency.
Sometimes an elderly relative who
we thought was heading for dementi2
is completely turned around upon
using a hearing aid.
"The problems take place when
selecting the hearing aids," explains
Rontal. "An aid which amplifies only
the upper frequencies isn't going to
help someone who also needs to have
the lower frequencies amplified. And
a small hearing aid might be more
aesthetically pleasing but arthritic
hands are going to have problems
changing the batteries or adjusting
the noise levels.
"There are many variables
patients need to consider, which is
why a reputable audiologist and a
reputable hearing aid dealer are so
important."
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