What are the symptoms of hearing deficiency?

The symptoms of hearing deficiency are varied:

• Frequent earaches and complaints of ear problems
  
• Frequent colds with ear discharge
• Lack of attention to casual conversation
• Delayed talking in children
  
• Consistently ignored verbal directions
  
• Tendency to be withdrawn and lack of desire to be involved in social activities
• Difficulty in articulating certain speech sounds
• Frequent confusion as to what has been said
• Constant visual scanning of speakers’ face
• Consistently turning the head to one side when paying attention to for example a teacher
• Reading disability
• Spelling errors
• Difficulty in taking dictation
• Indifference to music
• Daydreaming
• Speaking very softly or too loudly

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