When should you consult your Physician?
- Pain or soreness in the ear
- Blood or drainage coming from the ear
- An abnormal growth on the face or ear
- Puffiness of the skin on the face or ear
- Ringing, clicking or buzzing sounds in your ears or head
- Sudden/rapidly progressing hearing loss in either ear "Punctured eardrum
- Illness/accident which caused hearing loss
- Traumatic deformity of the ear
- Reoccurring dizziness
- Excessive ear wax (cerumen) build up
- Hereditary hearing loss in the family
When should you consult your Audiologist?
- Your family or co-workers say: "get help for your hearing loss"
- You ask people to repeat what they have said
- Familiar voices are not clear, and people seem to mumble
- You ignore what people are saying when they are not clear
- You hear every little noise around you but cannot follow conversation
- Neighbors say you play the TV "too loud"
- You cannot her clearly in a crowd or with a group of people
- You cannot hear clearly on the telephone or hear it ringing
- You cannot understand your grandchildren
- Your Priest/Pastor/Rabbi drops the ends of sentences
- You don't hear the birds chirp or the crickets sing
- Men's voices are clear, but women's voices are not clear
- You have trouble participating in conversations at the dinner table or in the car
Don't live with negative effects of hearing loss
Take action when:
- Your boss fires you and you show up for work the next day!
- Your husband talks with mush in his mouth
- You say, "huh" when your wife gets friendly
- You miss the winning 'BINGO' call
- You cannot hear the bidding at your bridge game
- Wolf whistles are getting softer
- The stress of hiding your hearing loss has gotten the best of you
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