What is listening fatigue and is it treatable?

As the social demands increase during this time of year—with everything from publicholidays to graduation parties upon us—today’s hearing fact raises importantawareness of “additional fatigue” that people with untreated hearing loss may beexperiencing in their everyday lives: listening fatigue.Listening fatigue (also called “listener’s fatigue” or “ear fatigue”) occurs when we strainto hear and interpret sound, and then experience mental,…