Can You Hear Me Now?
This is the most common cause of hearing loss in older adults.
What is Presbycusis (aka age-related hearing loss)
True or false: Hearing aids can restore your hearing to normal.
What is false?
True or false: Original Medicare generally covers the cost of hearing aids.
This TV feature displays spoken dialogue as written words on the screen.
What is Closed Captioning?
When talking with someone who has hearing loss, it's helpful to make sure you do this with your body position?
What is face the speaker so they benefit from lip reading and other facial cues?
These tiny structures in the inner ear become damaged as we age, making hearing more difficult.
What are the cochlear inner ear hair cells
This is the recommended number of hearing aids for someone with hearing loss in both ears, when both ears are aidable.
What is two?
This type of Medicare plan may offer hearing aid benefits or discounted devices.
What is Medicare Advantage
This small accessory can transmit a speaker's voice directly to compatible hearing aids, helping in noisy situations.
What is a remote microphone?
In a noisy restaurant, it is helpful to do this so you can distance yourself from potential noise?
What is request a quiet seat or a table away from the kitchen/bar areas?
True or false: If you can hear someone talking, you should always be able to understand their words.
What is false? Hearing and understanding are different.
These hearing aids can be purchased without a prescription by adults with perceived mild-to-moderate hearing loss.
What are over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids?
This warehouse retailer is known for competitively priced hearing aids, but devices might lag in tehcnology and buyers should compare services and provider credentials.
What is Costco?
This condition involves hearing ringing, buzzing, or humming when no external sound is present.
What is Tinnitus?
When someone doesn't understand what you said, try doing this instead of repeating the exact same words louder.
What is rephrasing?
This type of hearing loss can be caused by earwax buildup or fluid behind the eardrum.
What is conductive hearing loss?
These types of hearing aids require a visit to an audiologist, a comprehensive exam, and come with professional support, guidance, and follow-up.
What are prescription hearing aids?
Before purchasing hearing aids, buyers should ask about this policy so you know how long you can try the devices and whether you can return them.
What is the trial period or return policy?
This hearing technology may be considered when appropriately fitted hearing aids provide limited speech understanding.
What is a cochlear implant?
This technology can help a hearing aid user access hearing aid controls such as volume and added programs.
What are Smartphone Apps?
This type of hearing loss can be caused by aging, noise exposure, and exposure to ototoxic medications.
What is sensorineural hearing loss?
This technology can send telephone calls or TV audio directly to compatible hearing aids.
What is Bluetooth (aka streaming)?
Original Medicare will cover this expense ONCE per year, provided it is due to concerns about hearing and NOT hearing aids.
What is a comprehensive hearing exam?
This style of hearing aid features a small body that sits behind and a tiny wire that directs sound to a speaker sitting inside the ear canal
What is a Receiver-in-canal (aka RIC) hearing aid?
This communication technique involves speaking slightly louder, slightly slower, using pauses and better enunciation.
What is Clear Speech?