Adults:

• People mumble
• Family complains the TV, radio, or stereo is too loud
• People complain you either talk too loud or too soft
• Difficulty hearing the waitress/waiter at restaurants
• You can hear people speak but cannot understand what is said
• You miss the punch line of jokes
• You don’t like watching movies or programs on TV because you can’t hear the dialogue over the sound effects
• You isolate yourself from difficult listening environments
• Your spouse/partner is your interpreter
• Frequent requests for people to repeat themselves

Infants

• Late to develop speech
• Only parents can understand what the child is saying
• Limited vocabulary
• Leaves off subtle word endings
• Developmentally a one-year-old should be using several one syllable words or close approximations:  BALL, CUP, MORE, UP, DOWN, BYE-BYE
• A two-year-old should be using two word utterances; MORE JUICE, DADDY HOME, MY BALL,
• A three-year-old should have a vocabulary of approximately three hundred different words and be using three word utterances: GO OUT NOW, IN THE BOX, ME WATCH TV,

School age children

• Disruptive in the classroom
• Overly tired by the end of the day
• Struggles with basic concepts
• Delayed reaction, or reacts only to the action taken by schoolmates
• Misunderstands directions, although they are bright/intelligent children

* No child is too young to have their hearing or speech-language development assessed!  Talk to your child’s pediatrician and req