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From YouTube: Senior Moments: Hearing Loss Audiologist Interview
Description
San Bruno's "Senior Moments: Hearing Loss: Interview with an Audiologist"
January 2011
A
Hello:
welcome
to
senior
moments,
I'm
dolly
semana
vich.
This
is
the
first
in
a
series
of
programs
on
hearing
loss.
In
this
program
we
will
talk
with
Debbie
Clark,
an
audiologist
at
Pacific
hearing
service
in
menlo
park.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
on
our
program,
Debbie
I'm
glad
to
be
here.
Oh
thanks.
Can
you
tell
us
what
an
audiologist
is
an
audiologist.
B
We
do
a
wide
range
of
things.
We
do
diagnostic
hearing
evaluations,
we
may
get
referrals
from
physicians
for
patient
who
is
complaining
of
hearing
loss
or
ringing
in
their
ears
or
something
like
that,
and
we
do
the
diagnostic
evaluation
and
send
the
report
to
the
physician,
and
we
also
are
involved
in
the
management
of
hearing
loss.
B
A
B
There's
they
still
exist,
yet
they
still
exist.
That's
right
and
we
work
in
concert
with
each
other,
actually,
so
so
that
your
nose
and
throat
physician
one
example
might
be,
if
they're
to
say,
there's
a
child
who
has
who
who's
not
hearing.
Well,
we
might
do
the
diagnostic
evaluation
and
our
test
results
would
indicate
to
the
physician
that
oh,
this
child
has
ear
infections,
so
the
physician
would
treat
the
ear
infections
if,
on
the
other
hand,
our
diagnostic
test
lead
the
physician
or
and
ourselves
to
realize
that
oh,
this
child
doesn't
have
a
medical
condition.
B
B
A
B
B
The
outer
ear
picks
up
the
sound
since
it
down
your
ear
canal
to
your
eardrum
that
sets
in
motion
some
little
bones
that
are
attached
to
the
eardrum
that
stimulate
some
little
hair
cells
that
are
way
down
deep
in
the
inner
part
of
the
ear
and
then
in
turn
that
stimulates
the
nerve
of
hearing,
and
that's
that's
how
the
signal
gets
to
your
brain.
What.
B
That's
a
really
good
question:
some
of
it
is
genetic,
so
some
there's
some
things
that
we
can't
change,
but
there
is
a
study
that
came
out
actually,
if
a
few
years
ago
that
showed
that
people
who
have
a
healthy
lifestyle
are
less
likely
to
have
hearing
loss.
So
there
are
certain
health
conditions
that
affect
your
hearing
and
then,
of
course,
we
all
know
that
we
need
to
avoid
loud
noise.
What.
B
Have
a
wide
range
of
Ages,
we
see
very
young
children.
Often
those
children
are
coming
in
because
their
language
delayed
they're,
not
speaking
on
time,
and
so
the
doctor
wants
to
find
out.
Is
it
due
to
hearing
loss
and
we
have
patients
all
through
the
age
range
up?
You
know
well
into
their
90's
and
above
so
it's
all
over
the
board
who.
B
Of
course
my
opinion,
everybody
should
be
tested,
and
there
are
a
lot
of
good
reasons
for
that
even
teens.
It's
a
good
idea,
there's
a
recent
study
that
shows
a
thirty
percent
increase
in
hearing
loss
among
teens,
we
think
possibly
related
to
listening
to
their
iPods
too
loud
baby
boomers,
you
know,
went
a
lot
of
rock
comes,
and
so
we
see
a
lot
of
baby
boomers
who
have
maybe
it's
a
mild
hearing
loss
but
again
a
mild
hearing.
B
Loss
can
have
a
pretty
significant
impact
on
your
life
if
you're
sitting
in
a
business
meeting-
and
you
can't
hear
you
know
the
person
next
to
you
and
then
of
course,
we
all
know
that
as
we
as
we
get
older,
you
know
maybe
in
late
50s
early
60s,
it
varies
from
person
to
person.
We
can
see
age-related
changes
so
a
hearing,
especially
if
you
have
any
question
you're,
noticing
having
difficulty
in
noisy
environments.
That
sort
of
thing
it's
a
good
idea.
Well.
B
Absolutely
and
the
reason
is,
we
know
that
people
who
address
your
hearing
loss
earlier
are
more
successful
with
your
hearing,
aids
and
part
of
that
has
to
do
with
brain
plasticity.
What's
that,
so
there
are
actually
physical
changes
that
happen
in
the
auditory
areas
of
your
brain.
When
you
have
hearing
loss
is
sort
of.
If
you
don't
use
it,
you
lose
it
mm-hmm.
So,
even
if
you
have
mild
loss
or
certain
sounds
that
you
aren't
hearing,
and
so
those
neurons
get
kind
of
lazy,
so.
B
A
way
that
might
be
one
bill
that
you
could
put
it
and
so
by
intervening
early,
getting
hearing
aids,
even
when
you're
hearing
losses
mild,
makes
that
transition
easier
people
who
wait
a
long
time
and
live
with
hearing
loss
for
many
years
before
they
get
hearing
aids
have
a
very
difficult
time
adapting
it's
a
little
bit
like.
If
you
know,
if
you've
been
in
a
dark
room
and
someone
flips
the
lights
on
and
everything
seems
brighter
than
it
really
is.
B
B
Yeah
I
well
that
ten
percent
of
the
population
has
hearing
loss
and
it's
a
bit
of
a
myth
that
hearing
loss
is
for
the
age
ageing
because
about
sixty-five
percent
of
people
with
here
in
Los,
are
under
the
age
of
65
mm-hmm.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
baby
boomers
teens
is
on
the
rise.
So
there
are
a
lot
of
people
out
there
with
hearing
loss.
I
would.
A
B
A
Know
I
was,
I
was
on
a
plane
one
time
it
was
about
a
four-hour
ride
and
when
we
landed
my
ear
didn't
clear
up
it
then
you
know
I
went
to
a
pharmacist.
He
says
oh
take
sudafed,
so
I
did
I
don't
like
to
take
drugs,
so
I
just
took
one
year
and
then
the
hearing
loss
moved
into
the
second
ear
so
for
about
one
week,
I
couldn't
hear
and
I
was
then
I
started,
taking
the
sort
of
it
and
it
cleared
up.
A
B
We
do,
and
quite
often
when
people
fly,
especially
if
they've
been
flying
with
a
cold
will.
It
happened
to
me
one
time
to
you.
You
feel
very
plugged
up
and
you
can
get
some
congestion
behind
the
eardrum,
but
actually
anytime,
someone
has
a
sudden
change
in
their
hearing.
We
encourage
them
to
see
an
ear
specialist
immediately
because
there
is
something
called
a
sudden
hearing
loss
which
can
be
permanent
if
it's
not
treated
right
away
and
that
that
window
of
time
is
very
important.
B
A
D
Everywhere,
from
Zanzibar
to
Barclay
square,
but
Patti's
only
seen
the
side
the
girl
can
see
from
the
heights
by
crazy.
Oh,
my
patty.
Did
you
find
all
your
files?
Finally,
who
knew
be
this
much
work,
Richard
and
I
decided
to
retire?
Well,
what
are
you
gonna
do
first
or
heading
down
to
brooklyn
heights
and
starting
on
that
social
security
paperwork?
Why
would
you
do
that?
What
do
you
mean?
Well,
it's
so
much
easier
just
to
log
on
to
socialsecurity.gov
and
file
online.
Well,
what?
What?
D
C
San
berdo
city
park
is
the
perfect
place
to
celebrate
special
occasions
with
your
family
and
friends.
Whether
you
have
a
group
of
40
or
200
city
park
has
a
place
for
you
and
your
pardon
picnic
sites
have
outdoor
grills
picnic
tables,
easy
access
to
restrooms
play
areas
and
places
to
relax
and
savor
the
moment.
San
bruno
city
park
is
conveniently
located
at
Crystal,
Springs
and
oak
avenue
to
reserve
a
picnic
site.
D
46
I
was
just
42,
I
was
at
46,
I
was
45
when
a
mammogram
found
my
counselor
found
my
cancer
in
fondo
Makinson
and
helped
save
my
life
mammograms.
Can
catch
counselor
early
when
its
most
treatable
experts
recommend
that
even
women
with
no
family
history
of
breast
cancer
begin
annual
mammograms
at
age.
40.
Please
talk
to
your
doctor
about
a
mammogram.
Today,
mammography
saves
lives.
One
of
them
may
be
yours.
Visit
mammography
saves
lives,
org.
Why.
D
B
Well,
there
are
certain
signs
and
symptoms
of
hearing
loss,
for
example,
if
you
have
ringing
in
your
ears,
some
quite
often
that's
a
sign
of
hearing
loss.
If,
if
people
tell
you
that
you
talk
loud,
that
might
be
a
sign
of
hearing
loss
because
you're
not
able
to
monitor
your
voice.
If
you
notice
having
difficulty
hearing
in
restaurants,
that
may
be
an
indication
turning
the
TV
up
too
loud.
Those
are
all
signs
of
hearing
loss,
and
so
those
are
red
flags
that
suggest
maybe
it's
time
to
come
in
and
get
a
hearing
test.
If.
B
B
That
be
well
certain
words
are
more
difficult
than
others
or
certain
sounds
and
speech
or
more
difficult
than
others.
For
example,
one
of
the
most
common
types
of
hearing
loss
that
we
see
is
a
hearing
loss
that's
worse
than
the
high
pitches.
Maybe
a
person
here
as
well
and
the
lower
base
deep
sounds,
but
they
have
hearing
loss
and
the
high-pitched
rebel
sounds
well.
Certain
components
of
speech
are
in
that
high-pitched
rebel
like
seek.
You
know
that
or
SHRC
a
chore.
A
B
We
don't
pull
that
you're
and
shake
it.
Nothing
like
that.
Okay,
we
sit
down,
we
take
a
history
talked
talked
to
if
I
were
testing.
Your
hearing,
I
would
ask
you
about.
You,
know
what
you're
noticing,
what
kinds
of
environments
you're
having
difficulty
with
and
get
a
little
bit
of
a
health
history
medications
that
sort
of
thing,
and
we
do
some
objective
tests
that
tell
us
about
how
your
eardrums
are
moving
and
things
about
the
mechanical
function
of
your
ear
and
then
some
it.
B
A
lot
of
it
is
just
what
you
remember
from
grade
school,
putting
on
headphones
pressing
a
button.
When
you
hear
the
sounds,
and
in
addition
to
that,
we
want
to
know
how
you
understand
speech.
So
we
do
test
forward
clarity.
We
want
to
know
how
you
here,
when
there's
background
noise,
so
we
have
test
for
now
listening
and
background
noise.
D
B
D
A
B
That's
much
physical
exercises,
although
we
do
know
that
people
who
lead
a
healthy
lifestyle
are
more
likely
to
or
less
likely
to
have
hearing
loss.
But
there
are
some
listening
exercises
that
you
can
do
to
help
keep
those
neurons
working
in
the
auditory
areas
of
your
brain.
So
we
use
a
program
here
called
lace.
It
stands
for
listening
and
communication
enhancement.
It
was
developed
in
san
francisco
by
some
researchers
there
and
it's
a
series
of
exercises
like
listening
in
noise,
listening
to
rapid
speech
and
auditory
memory.
B
A
B
That
time,
hearing
aids
were
just
little
analog
devices,
and
if
we
wanted
to
make
an
adjustment,
we
either
had
a
little
tiny
screwdriver
that
we
would
go
in
and
adjust
yeah
or
we
had
to
send
it
back
to
the
manufacturers.
I
put
a
different
circuit
in
desk
because
this
patient
doesn't
like
this
circuit,
so
it
could
be
very
time
now.
The
digital
technology
is
amazing.
B
The
options
that
we
have
the
noise
reduction,
algorithms
that
are
available
the
way
we
can
fine-tune
the
hearing
aid
to
be
very
precise
to
the
person's
hearing
loss.
Really,
yes,
and-
and
now
it's
very
exciting,
because
nobody
else
have
Bluetooth
technology,
so
we
have
patients
who
can
connect
their
hearing
aids
to
their
cell
phone
or
connect.
Their
hearing
is
directly
to
their
TV,
so
the
the
most
recent
area
of
research-
that's
very
exciting-
is
all
about
connectivity
connecting
to
your
world.
So.
A
The
chances
of
someone
saying
I
hate
my
hearing
aid,
because
it
just
amplifies
everything
instead
of
the
speech
and
I
need
help
with
speech
or
I
need
help
with
just
little
this
little
thing
and
instead
everything's
amplify
that's
less
likely
to
happen
with
the
new
technology.
Is
that
what
you're
saying
perhaps.
B
Is
less
likely
to
happen,
but
I
always
like
to
caution
people,
because
if
you
wait
too
long
to
get
hearing
aids,
if
you
live
with
hearing
loss
for
a
long
time,
it's
a
bit
of
a
shock.
You
do
hear
everything
and
you're
not
used
to
hearing
everything
you're
used
to
a
very,
very
quiet
world.
So
quite
often
people
who
get
hearing
is
for
the
first
time
will
complain
about
hearing
noise
because
they're
not
accustomed
to
hearing
noise,
and
it
can
really
take
weeks
or
months
depending
on
the
person
to
adapt
to
hearing
things
around
them.
B
Things
like
take
a
rattling,
which
is
a
sound
that
maybe
you
hear
yet
if
you
haven't
heard
that
in
five
years
it's
a
little
strange
to
suddenly
hear
it.
So,
even
though
we
talked
about
how
fantastic
the
noise
reduction
technology
is,
and
it
is
fantastic,
if
you're
not
used
to
hearing
noise,
you
have
to
adapt
to
that
first.
So.
A
What
you're
saying
is
that
if
they
got
the
hearing
aid,
when
they
just
had
slight
hearing
loss,
yes
they're
more
likely
to
be
able
to
adapt
to
the
hearing
aid
absolutely,
but
the
longer
the
longer
they've
been
without
the
hearing
aid
and
losing
their
hearing
the
longer
it's
going
to
take
them
to
adapt.
That
is
a
hearing
that
is
absolutely.
B
Right
and
so
you
have
to
retrain
your
brain
to
hear
again,
you
have
to
retrain
yourself
to
filter
out
sounds
sometimes
I
have
a
patient
who
comes
in
and
says
you
know,
I'm
hearing
the
traffic
outside
my
window,
I
don't
want
to
hear
the
traffic
outside
my
window
and
I'll
say
well
I
hear
the
traffic
outside
the
window,
but
they
haven't
heard
that
and
so
long
they
think
it's
abnormal,
but
it's
not
abnormal.
How.
B
D
B
B
That's
why
it's
so
important
to
adapt
and
I
think
one
reason.
Often
people
reject
hearing
aids,
it's
because
they
have
what
is
so
long
they're
not
used
to
hearing
these
sounds,
and
so
it's
important
when
a
person
gets
hearing
aids
that
they
received
counseling
about
this,
because
it
takes
a
little
time
to
adapt
and
to
get
used
to
the
sound
and
they
have
to
stick
with
it.
B
A
A
B
Right,
that's
actually
a
good
point,
because
hearing
loss
tends
to
for
most
people
tends
to
occur
very
gradually
over
time.
There
are
some
people
who
do
lose
their
hearing
suddenly
for
various
reasons,
but
it's
often
a
very,
very
gradual
process.
So
you
kind
of
get
used
to
it
as
you
go
along
and
all
of
a
sudden
people
around.
You
realize
that
you're
not
hearing
but
you've
kind
of
gotten
used
to
it,
and
you
don't
realize
it
yes
and.
B
Around
you,
that's
right,
and
sometimes
you
just
don't
know
what
you're
missing.
Sometimes
it
gets
comfortable
too
I.
Suppose
andale,
who
have
hearing
loss,
often
report
feeling
isolated
and
feeling
depressed
because
they
do
allow
themselves
to
get
cut
off
so
wearing
hearing
aids
can
really
keep
you
in
touch
with
the
world.
What.
B
Who
have
hearing
loss
even
with
your
hearing
is
work
harder
to
follow
a
conversation
then
someone
with
normal
hearing.
Does
they
have
they're
constantly
filling
in
the
blanks
there
there
little
pieces
missing
and
so
they're
filling
it
in
all
the
time
and
if
you
think
about
it,
if
you
have
to
concentrate
on
every
single
word
that
you're
trying
to
hear,
then
you
can
really
miss
the
big
picture.
So
people
complain
about
being
fatigued
after
a
conversation
because
they're
working
so
hard
is
there.
B
We
do
know
that
stress
can
impact
how
you
how
you
follow
a
conversation,
because
if,
if
you're,
focusing
really
hard
on
something
in
at
the
same
time,
you're
stressed
about
something
or
distracted
by
something
maybe
you're
sitting
in
a
restaurant
and
it's
too
cold
and
you're
distracted
about
that.
Then
it's
just
one
more
thing:
to
keep
you
from
getting
the
information
that
you're
trying
to
guess
or
sure.
If
you
can
be
more
relaxed
in
a
in
a
communication
setting,
then
you'll
probably
do
a
little
bit
better
and.
A
B
One
way
to
do
it
is
to
go
there
to
a
web
to
the
website
that
the
American
Academy
of
Audiology
has
they
have
a
find
an
audiologist
link
on
their
website,
but
a
good
way
to
do.
It
is
ask
someone
who's
been
to
an
audiologist.
If
you
have
a
friend
who's
had
a
hearing
test
or
purchased
hearing
aids.
Ask
them
what
their
experience
was
like
it's
important
to
go
to
someone
that
you
feel
comfortable
with
that.
You
trust
that
you
feel
like
they
that
you
know
is
going
to
spend
time
with
you
mm-hmm.
So.
A
B
B
B
A
B
Put
it
off
when
you
start
noticing
things
that
make
you
suspicious
that
you
might
have
some
hearing
loss
go
ahead
and
get
a
hearing
test
talk
to
the
audiologist
about
what
the
options
are.
You
know
it
used
to
be
that
we
didn't
have
great
options
for
people
with
mild
hearing
loss,
but
now
we
have
fantastic
hearing
aids
for
very
mild
hearing
losses
address
it
be
assertive,
don't
be
afraid
of
hearing
loss.
It
is
a
myth
that
hearing
loss
belongs
to
the
aging
population.
A
B
Do
have
to
be
careful,
there's
been
a
thirty
percent
increase
in
hearing
loss
for
teens
and
so
those
ipods
that
probably
have
a
lot
to
do
with
it.
So
it
is
important
to
keep
the
volume
down
and
to
use
your
phones
that
are
that
fit
properly
so
that
you
don't
have
to
turn
the
volume
up.
Quite
so
much
I.
A
Well,
thank
you
very
much.
I've
enjoyed
our
conversation
so
much
well
so
have
I.
Thank
you
for
having
thank
you.
So
what
are
you
waiting
for?
Go
out
and
get
your
hearing
tested?
It
won't
hurt
and
you
might
actually
find
out
that
you're
hearing
is
fine,
but
if
it
isn't,
there
are
many
devices
that
can
help
you,
so
don't
put
it
off,
like
any
other
part
of
your
brain
or
your
body.
You've
got
to
use
it
or
lose
it
I'm,
golly
saman
of
it.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
for
this
episode
of
senior
moments.