Prairie Doc Perspective Week of November 3rd, 2024

Hearing loss affects millions of Americans. In fact, by age 75 over half of adults will have some form of hearing loss.

Signs of hearing loss include having trouble hearing speech in noisy places, finding it hard to follow speech in groups, trouble hearing on the phone, listening makes you tired, or if you need to turn the volume up on the TV or radio while others complain it is too loud.

To some, hearing loss may just be a minor inconvenience. If it is more severe, however, it can have a big impact on day to day activities, impairing communication, safe driving, safe walking, and has even bee...