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Bad hearing? How bad is my hearing?

Is your hearing ok? Or do you have bad hearing? Check your hearing with this quick test.

If you want to get an impression of how good your hearing is, you can test it here.

Your answers to these questions provide an initial indication of whether you are suffering from a hearing impairment. If the results show that you are possibly suffering from a hearing problem, we recommend that you contact your family doctor and ask for a professional hearing test.

Is your hearing ok?

Have you ever thought that your hearing is bad?

Do you find it difficult to understand the individual words of a popular song when you hear it on the radio?

Is it difficult for you to follow a conversation when many people are in the same room?

Can you hear the telephone ringing when it is in another room?

Can you hear the telephone ringing when it is in the same room as you are?

While reading or studying, are you sometimes disturbed by noises coming from another room?

Can you hear the water boiling when you are in the kitchen?

Do you find it easy to follow a dinner conversation at the table when there are many people present?

On the whole, I would describe my hearing ability of my right ear as …

On the whole, I would describe my hearing ability of my left ear as …

On the whole, I would describe my hearing ability during group conversations as …

On the whole, I would describe my ability to pinpoint where an object is (e.g. an alarm clock or a telephone) from the noise which it makes as …

This test has been developed by hearing specialists and is based on a series of questions from the German Green Cross. The hearing test has been supplied courtesy of Siemens Audiologische Technik.

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