Going to Work With a Hearing Loss, Part 1

All of us go to work whether it’s for someone else or perhaps our own business. I remember my first job and I’m sure you do as well. When we work for someone, what is expected of us is to perform at the best of our ability.

How important is communication in any work environment? How good a job could you do if you couldn’t hear instructions or you misunderstood what was being said? Who would you promote in your business if you had to choose between someone who seemed like they couldn’t follow instructions and someone who performed everything that was asked?
It is very understandable why one of the most important studies about hearing loss and the work place conducted by Sergei Kochkin Ph.D. concluded:

Untreated hearing loss was shown to negatively affect household income, on-average, by nearly $23,000 per year depending on the degree of hearing loss. But the use of hearing aids mitigated the affects of hearing loss on income by about 50 percent, according to the study findings. The survey included nearly 2,000 adults with untreated hearing loss, 2,000 with hearing aids, and nearly 40,000 with normal hearing. (Continued part 2)

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