It’s bad enough when you struggle to keep up your end of the conversation for want of anything to say; worse yet is the inability to keep up your end because you cannot hear what is being said. As most of us reach middle-age, we experience barely perceptible hearing loss that makes it difficult to understand what people are saying. This is largely due to the fact that, while most of the energy of spoken words is contained in low-frequency vowel sounds, much of the information required to distinguish one word from another is supplied by consonants in the higher frequencies. As age-related hearing loss (presbycusis) makes it difficult to distinguish words, it seems as though everyone else is mumbling.
Untreated, hearing loss has been shown to cause sadness, depression, anxiety, paranoia, and poor social relationships. People who have difficulty hearing may have a challenging time in their careers, often earning thousands of dollars less than their peers. To schedule a hearing exam, please call BETTER HEARING CENTER. Let us help you get back to the world of hearing at New Hampshire’s premier hearing care provider.
P.S. A hearing instrument can help people suffering from age-related hearing loss by amplifying the sound of consonants in another individual’s speech, which are not only high pitched but also may be soft.
