How's Your Hearing?

A Quick Self-Test
From Michigan Association For
Deaf, Hearing and Speech Services

Directions:  Choose the answer that best fits your situation.  Then total your answers at the bottom of each column.
1.    In a conversation with one person, I have to strain to hear. . . . .
2.    Following conversations with more than two people at the same time is
      difficult.		 . . . .
3.    I respond inappropriately to comments because I have misunderstood
      what others are saying		 . . . .
4.    People seem to mumble. . . . .
5.    I ask people to repeat some or all of what they have said. . . . .
6.    People are annoyed because I misunderstand what they say. . . . .
7.    I avoid social activities because I cannot hear well and might respond
      inappropriately or miss out on conversation.		 . . . .
8.    At a party or other noisy event, I have trouble hearing conversation. . . . .
9.    I turn the volume on the television or radio up.  Others in the house
      complain that it is too loud.		 . . . .
10.   Voices are hard to understand on the telephone. . . . .
11.   I miss calls and and visitors because I don't hear the phone or doorbell
       ringing.		 . . . .
12.   I work or have worked in a noisy environment (factory assembly line, jet
       airplanes, power tools, jackhammers)		 . . . .
13.   I get confused about where the sounds come from. . . . .
14.   Women and children are more difficult to understand then men. . . . .
15.   I experience a ringing in my ears after being around a loud noise. . . . .
16.  My family, friends, or co-workers have asked me if I have a hearing loss. . . . .

Total the number of answers in each column

 . . . .

Multiply the total by

3

 2 1 0

Add the total points for each column

 . . . .

If you scored:

0-5 You do not appear to have a hearing loss.  Continue your awareness of hearing concerns.
Take this self-test again next year at this time.
6-14   Your hearing may be affected.  Make an appointment with an ear-nose-throat-specialist.
15+ You have a hearing loss.  Make an appointment with an audiologist or have your hearing evaluated at a speech and hearing center.

 

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