| | | | | states “As sound travels through an imperfect |
| Stop Mumbling! | | | | auditory pathway, words spoken become jumbled and |
| | | | | unintelligible. One of the most common complaints is |
| There is a potentially devastating part of hearing loss | | | | that although speech may sound loud enough the |
| that no one is talking about. Current thinking among an | | | | hearing impaired still have a difficult time actually |
| estimated 28 million of the hearing impaired is that | | | | understanding what is said. Everyone seems to be |
| hearing loss can be corrected fully and completely at | | | | mumbling.” Dr Bellis goes on to describe how |
| any time. I can’t tell you how wrong that thinking is. | | | | frustrating it is for the listener because family often end |
| | | | | up yelling at them to try to communicate. It is equally |
| If you don’t feed the brain the correct stimulus with | | | | frustrating for the family because they think that they |
| good clear sound because there is hearing loss, then | | | | are being ignored when in fact their loved one simply |
| the brain becomes weaker and weaker in its ability to | | | | can’t hear them. |
| understand sound. This is called auditory deprivation. | | | | |
| Eventually no matter how much sound amplification | | | | The damage that has occurred is usually a result of |
| you get, your brain is not able to make sense of it. | | | | damaged hair cells in the cochlea in the inner ear. The |
| | | | | sound that is given to the brain to process is |
| Can you imagine how awful that would be?? You | | | | incomplete or distorted. |
| hear the sound but can’t understand the words. All | | | | |
| of a sudden the whole world is mumbling! | | | | Just like any other health problem if you catch the |
| | | | | problem and correct it in the early stages you will have |
| This happened to my granddad. He always thought he | | | | better results than if you wait. Each year that you |
| would get hearing aids later. Unfortunately when later | | | | ignore your hearing loss you are losing more and more |
| came he had not only lost his eyesight but there was | | | | of your ability to process sound because of auditory |
| nothing that could be done to correct his hearing loss | | | | deprivation. |
| because he had deprived his brain of good clear | | | | |
| sound for so many years. It was like being buried alive | | | | If this sounds like you or someone you love, the first |
| for the last 7 years of his life because he couldn’t | | | | step is to take our free hearing screen online at or call |
| see or hear. He was isolated and very lonely. It was | | | | for a complimentary hearing screening. We have two |
| awful. Don’t let this happen to you! | | | | locations to better serve your needs. |
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| Teri James Bellis PH.D. put it very well in her excellent | | | | Call today for your complimentary hearing screening! |
| book ‘When The Brain Can’t Hear.’ She | | | | |