{"id":203,"date":"2015-04-08T10:31:07","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T14:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legroupeforget.com\/blog-en\/?p=203"},"modified":"2018-03-26T13:08:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T17:08:41","slug":"hearing-loss-recognizing-signs-taking-appropriate-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legroupeforget.com\/en\/health-counsels\/hearing-loss-recognizing-signs-taking-appropriate-action","title":{"rendered":"Hearing loss: recognizing the signs and taking appropriate action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How do you recognize the signs of hearing loss ? The maturity of the ear begins around 40 years. Be assured that it is a perfectly normal phenomenon and\u00a0does not mean that you are in poor health! Starting at age 65, 1 in 3 people will have a hearing loss, and 1 in 2 starting at 75 years. You are not alone!<\/p>\n<h2>Here are some telltale signs of hearing loss<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You find that your entourage mumbles.<\/li>\n<li>You are confusing words (<strong>&#8220;fog&#8221; and &#8220;frog&#8221;,<\/strong> for example).<\/li>\n<li>You often ask people to repeat, you find that they do not speak loud enough, especially the higher pitched voices (women, children).<\/li>\n<li>Conversations in\u00a0public places become difficult to follow: you struggle to focus on the person&#8217;s speech because the surrounding noise keeps you from understanding.<\/li>\n<li>You always turn up\u00a0the volume on your television to a high level.<\/li>\n<li>You have already missed the ringing of the phone or of the alarm clock because you did not hear it.<\/li>\n<li>You feel like you can not hear as before.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If some of these situations describe you,\u00a0<a title=\"Make an appointment\" href=\"http:\/\/legroupeforget.com\/en\/make-an-appointment\/\" data-ctm-remark=\"1\">make an appointment with one of our audioprothetists<\/a>\u00a0to have your hearing tested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you recognize the signs of hearing loss ? 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