Hearing Aids: An Educational Overview

Hearing Loss: An Educational   Overview For Our Patients and Their Families Table of Contents Welcome to Family Hearing & Balance Center About Hearing Loss What is Hearing Loss What Happens in Different Types of Hearing Loss? Symptoms What Causes Hearing Loss? How is Hearing Loss Diagnosed? Exams and Tests Standard Hearing Evaluation Speech Recognition and Reception How to Read your Hearing Test (Audiogram) Audiogram of Familiar Sounds

Treatment Over How is Hearing Loss Treated? Treatment if the Condition Changes or Gets Worse Two Ears are Better Than One Other Hearing Devices you may want to consider Prevention Can I prevent Hearing Loss? Other Preventable Causes of Hearing Loss Living with Hearing Loss Tips for Communicating with the Hard of Hearing and Hearing Aid Users Organizations and Other Sources for Information on Hearing Loss