{"id":1689,"date":"2018-05-25T13:16:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T18:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mwhearing.com\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2020-11-13T00:02:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T06:02:55","slug":"happy-better-speech-hearing-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/happy-better-speech-hearing-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Better Speech &#038; Hearing Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"shutterstock_706852243\" src=\"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shutterstock_706852243-768x357.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shutterstock_706852243-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shutterstock_706852243-1280x594.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shutterstock_706852243-1536x713.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/shutterstock_706852243-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Signs of Hearing Loss:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People experience hearing loss in different ways. For some the initial signs of hearing loss may be subtle while other may experience more abrupt hearing loss. See below for some common signs you can watch for in yourself and your loved ones.<\/p>\n<p><b>You might have hearing loss if you . . .<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Socially:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Require frequent repetition.<\/li>\n<li>Have difficulty following conversations involving more than 2 people.<\/li>\n<li>Think that other people sound muffled or like they&#8217;re mumbling.<\/li>\n<li>Have difficulty hearing in noisy situations, like conferences, restaurants, malls, or crowded meeting rooms.<\/li>\n<li>Have trouble hearing children and women.<\/li>\n<li>Have your TV or radio turned up to a high volume.<\/li>\n<li>Answer or respond inappropriately in conversations.<\/li>\n<li>Have ringing in your ears.<\/li>\n<li>Read lips or more intently watch people&#8217;s faces when they speak with you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Emotionally:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feel stressed out from straining to hear what others are saying.<\/li>\n<li>Feel annoyed at other people because you can&#8217;t hear or understand them.<\/li>\n<li>Feel embarrassed to meet new people or from misunderstanding what others are saying.<\/li>\n<li>Feel nervous about trying to hear and understand.<\/li>\n<li>Withdraw from social situations that you once enjoyed because of difficulty hearing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Medically:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Have a family history of hearing loss.<\/li>\n<li>Take medications that can harm the hearing system (ototoxic drugs).<\/li>\n<li>Have diabetes, heart, circulation or thyroid problems.<\/li>\n<li>Have been exposed to very loud sounds over a long period or single exposure to explosive noise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Do you or someone you know show signs of hearing loss? Don\u2019t wait, we can help! Call and schedule your consultation with one of our audiologist\u2019s today\u00a0(651) 641-6134!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Signs of Hearing Loss: People experience hearing loss in different ways. For some the initial signs of hearing loss may be subtle while other may experience more abrupt hearing loss. See below for some common signs you can watch for in yourself and your loved ones. You might have hearing loss if you . &#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hearing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mwent.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}