What’s Your Buzz? - The Hearing Coach

This short quiz has 9 questions. They have multiple options you can choose from. Simply think about which one sounds more like you. Even if the answer doesn't perfectly describe how you would respond, think about which way you would lean. Remember, there are no right or wrong answers—this is to help better understand YOU!

1. At parties do you find yourself…

Doing the conga!

Relaxed and chill

Busy tidying up the mess

No chance I'd be at a party

2. You’ve just taken out gym membership. How often do you go?

Once – to use the sauna and steam room

3 mornings per week. Some days I have to drag myself out of bed, but it’s worth it

7 days a week for 3 weeks. Then I decide swimming is more my kind of thing

Every other day with a friend who signed up with me. We put the world to rights from our stationary bikes!

3. A friend confides something deeply interesting. Do you…

Tell a select few people (making sure they don’t know the friend)

Tell everyone, but change names to protect the innocent (and guilty)

Message your friends and share all the gory details

Tell no-one – they’re your friend

4. What’s your dream home?

A mansion with loads of bedrooms and a HUGE space for entertaining

A condo in a great community of like-minded people

A private cabin set in 60 acres of woods

A cosy cottage in a small village

5. What kind of bird are you?

An owl

A lark

An owl and a lark

A perpetually exhausted pigeon

6. A friend tells you they have tinnitus. Do you…

Tell them how horrendous it is, and how hard it is to live with.

Share your best places to get support and reliable information.

Explain how you’ve learnt to manage yours.

Make sure that for every experience they share you’ve had a worse one.

7. During a team-building day at work, where will we find you?

Leading the way, and doing a happy dance.

In the bathroom trying to find the courage to give this craziness a go.

At home, faking an illness

In the middle of the group, waiting for someone to take the lead

8. Is your glass…

Full to the brim

Half full

Half empty

In pieces on the floor

9. What’s your tinnitus attitude?

“I am too positive to be doubtful, too optimistic to be fearful, and way too determined to be defeated”

“Whenever a problem arrives do three things – face it, fight it, and finish it”

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf”

“Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can,and the wisdom to know the difference”

Send me my results as well as additional tinnitus tips and resources.