It is bad enough for one to have compromised hearing, but often one may also have compromised balance. Unfortunately, there are large numbers of both the symptoms and the causes. Well-trained audiologists can not only treat hearing loss but also balance problems.
Both hard of hearing patients and audiologists have been challenged to avoid COVID-19 these days. Fortunately, technology has met the challenge by enabling audiologists to communicate with their patients via telehealth.
If you are hard of hearing and wish you could hear fainter sounds, be careful what you wish for. Some people are afflicted with a condition that causes loud sounds to be even louder and causes them pain. Hearing loss professionals call this condition either “Hyperacusis” or “Recruitment”, and don’t seem to agree with each other.