The severity of a hearing loss can be determined based on the provided table. Any concerns with the hearing test results should be brought to the attention of an audiologist or acoustician. Slight Use this table for determining the severity of hearing loss. The sad fact is that, once damaged, hearing never gets better. Continued exposure to factors that cause hearing loss will make matters worse.
Degradation is gradual.
There is usually no pain or other alarming symptoms. Often, hearing loss goes unnoticed until it starts interfering with verbal communication. At this point, damage to hearing is already significant. This allows you to take preventive or corrective steps, while damage to hearing is still in the early stages. The first audiogram should be used as a reference point and all consecutive audiograms should be compared against it.