There are many degrees of hearing impairment:

Mild hearing loss

• Unable to hear soft sounds
• Difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments

Moderate hearing loss

• Unable to hear soft and moderately loud sounds
• Considerable difficulty to understand speech, particularly with background noise

Severe hearing loss

• Some loud sounds are audible
• Communication without a hearing instrument is impossible

Profound hearing loss

• Some extreme loud sounds are audible
• Communication without a hearing instrument is impossible

Hearing loss demos