If you notice some of the following signs of hearing loss, you should contact your family doctor or hearing care professional to have a hearing test:

• People seem to mumble.
• Ask people to speak louder or repeat what they said
• Turn up the volume of television or radio
• Trouble communicating in a small group of people
• Trouble hearing the doorbell or the telephone ringing
• Trouble hearing over the telephone
• Trouble following conversations in a noisy place (e.g., restaurants)
• Have ringing (tinnitus) in the ears