Living with hearing loss

Your hearing ability may contribute to how well you function in your daily life around relatives, friends and colleagues. It is of great importance to be aware of possible hearing limitations and seek treatment early on to deal effectively with any hearing loss. Untreated hearing loss may affect your social life, lower your quality of life and cause mental anguish.
Hearing aids do not cure hearing loss, but in most cases they can help hearing impaired people live normal lives. For many hearing impaired people hearing aids open up a whole new world.
In addition to the treatment with hearing aids the hearing impaired person can do much to overcome problems in communicating and hearing what others say.
Here, you can read about the signs to look for and find advice on how to accept hearing loss, how to live with it and how to get used to using hearing aids.