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Hearing Loss Tips
By Val Bedard
As more and more people are experiencing hearing loss and I am sure that you know someone who has lost their hearing and is now struggling with the everyday things like watching TV, listening at family gatherings and/or noisy restaurants. Even simple things like being able to hear an alarm clock or talking to friends and family on the telephone becomes a challenge. Too often, people with hearing loss tend to withdraw from social interactions and from participating in life’s activities.
Today there is technology available which can help. Also, today people are much more aware and more understanding about hearing loss. Each of us have to help educate and inform our family and friends on how to understand your own specific hearing needs. Hearing loss is very personal, just like our fingerprints. No two people have the exact same hearing loss. Coping techniques may work well for one but for another creates difficulties. While a lot of us have difficulty hearing in certain circumstances, family and friends can help by understanding a few “tips”.
I often tell people that I must be able to see you in order to hear you. I rely heavily on speechreading (also known as “lip reading”) rather than on my hearing. People assume that while I am wearing hearing aids, I hear what they do. That is not true. While hearing aids help by amplifying sounds to help me hear, I do not listen by hearing, I listen by “reading lips”. Also, I tell people, talk to me in a normal voice, mouthing or over-doing articulation is just as bad as mumbling. Pronounce every name with care. Make a reference to the name for easier understanding, as Joan “the girl from the office” or Joe “the fellow down the street”. Do not attempt to speak while you have something in your mouth, such as a pipe, cigar, cigarette, or chewing gum. Do not cover your mouth with your hand. There are many more tips that I can share but I’m sure that you get the idea from what you have read so far.
I rely a lot on technical devices to help me cope in my everyday life, such as an amplified telephone, personal listening system for the TV and one for listening in a group of people or listening to someone on stage. Thanks to the awareness of my family and friends, I believe that while I have a profound hearing loss, I live my life just like everyone else!
Val Bedard has a profound hearing loss since birth. She owns her own business Hear Well Services Ltd. (http://www.hearwell.ca), sells assistive listening devices for the hearing impaired, can be reached via email at info@hearwell.ca or by telephone at 1-888-549-2092. She is also Past President of the B.C. Chapter of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association and lives with her husband of 24+ years along her dog Katie and cat Neelix.
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