Everyone with a hearing loss has a different experience depending who they are and how they like to manage challenges in daily life. With your family, teachers and hearing care professional or teacher of the deaf, you may have found good ways to make sure you can hear well at school and when you play with your friends.

Below are some questions that can help you think about how you manage communication in daily life. Try to be honest as you select the answer to a question and use the other answer options to think about other ways you could approach the situation. You can also use the questions to think about what support you would like and discuss with your family or hearing care professional how you can get the help you need.