Online Hearing Test

1. Do you have to turn the volume up on the television?
Yes No
Importance: Difficulty hearing the television is one of the first things noticed by a person with hearing loss. This is due to the fact that television viewing has become so routine and frequent that if others can hear and you are having difficulty it becomes very apparent.

2. Do you frequently have to ask others to repeat?
Yes No
Importance: Many individuals with hearing problems feel that others are not talking clearly or “mumble”. If you are having difficulty understanding and you are the only one asking others to repeat, it may be you have a hearing loss.

3. Do you have difficulty understanding speech in groups or in noisy situations?
Yes No
Importance: Difficulty hearing and understanding in groups or background noise situations is the most often mentioned problem from those with hearing loss. Generally, a high frequency hearing loss makes it difficult to hear the soft, high frequency consonants. When the consonants are drowned out by the background noise, you will hear the voices but not understand what is being said.

4. Do you have to sit up front at meetings or in church in order to understand?
Yes No
Importance: Voices, like all sounds, diminish with distance. The further away the sound is, the softer it is. If you have a hearing loss, you need to be closer to the source for it to be loud enough for you to understand. The need for “loudness” suggests the presence of a hearing loss.

5. Do you have difficulty understanding women or young children?
Yes No
Importance: Women and children generally have high frequency voices. Since loss of hearing usually begins in the high frequencies, you will have more difficulty hearing the high frequency voices. This loss of high frequency hearing is another indicator of hearing loss.

6. Do you have trouble knowing where sounds are coming from?
Yes No
Importance: Trouble knowing where sounds are coming from usually indicates that one ear is hearing better than the other. This is not normal. Generally, both ears have the same level of hearing, even if a hearing loss is present. This can present a danger when crossing the street. e.g. looking the wrong direction when hearing a truck.

7. Are you Not able to Understand when someone talks to you from another room?
Yes No
Importance: Once again, sound becomes softer as the distance from the speaker to the listener increases. If you need the added advantage of being closer to the person speaking and the use of lip-reading, you may have a hearing problem.

8. Have others told you that you don't seem to hear them?
Yes No
Importance: Generally, it is family or friends that first notice that you may have a hearing problem. They frequently have to compensate for your loss of hearing by talking louder or repeating things. If others have mentioned that you should have your hearing checked, you most probably have a loss of hearing.

9. Do you avoid family gatherings or social situations because you "can't understand"?
Yes No
Importance: Individuals that have significant hearing loss usually try to avoid situations that make them uncomfortable. Not understanding conversations can indeed make you uncomfortable. If you are avoiding family get-togethers, holidays and other social situations, you may have a hearing problem.
10. Do you have ringing or other noises (tinnitus) in your ears?
Yes No
Importance: Tinnitus or ringing in the ears is one of the most common symptoms associated with hearing loss. The ringing in the ears is a symptom of damage to the inner ear or nerve of hearing and indicates a hearing loss may be present.

Answered Yes to less than 3 of the questions...	No significant hearing loss present.
Answered Yes to between 3 and 5 of the questions...	You may have a slight hearing problem*
Answered Yes to between 5 and 7 of the questions...	You have a moderate hearing problem*
Answered Yes to more than 7 of the questions...	You have a significant hearing problem*