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Better Hearing Care Begins with an Accurate Hearing Assessment

Better Hearing Care Begins with an Accurate Hearing Assessment

Hearing tests provide not only diagnostic information regarding the level of hearing loss you are experiencing, but they are also the framework for providing customized hearing care designed to treat your specific needs.

Hearing tests provide not only diagnostic information regarding the level of hearing loss you are experiencing, but they are also the framework for providing customized hearing care designed to treat your specific needs.

What Will Happen During Your Hearing Assessment

One reason your parent or spouse might have avoided having a hearing test until now might come from not knowing what to expect. You can rest assured that hearing tests are non-intrusive, not painful, and take about 30 minutes to complete. A hearing assessment can be broken into four parts.

Initial Consultation

Initial Consultation

Your initial consultation includes a conversation about questions and concerns you or your loved ones might have regarding hearing loss and treatment. It will also include a discussion about your family history, medications you take, your occupation, and hobbies and activities you enjoy. This conversation provides your audiologist with information regarding various environmental, genetic, medical, and lifestyle activities as potential causes of hearing loss.

Sometimes it is helpful to bring someone who is very well acquainted with you for your initial consultation in order to help fill in information you might leave out.

Your initial consultation includes a conversation about questions and concerns you or your loved ones might have regarding hearing loss and treatment. It will also include a discussion about your family history, medications you take, your occupation, and hobbies and activities you enjoy. This conversation provides your audiologist with information regarding various environmental, genetic, medical, and lifestyle activities as potential causes of hearing loss.

Sometimes it is helpful to bring someone who is very well acquainted with you for your initial consultation in order to help fill in information you might leave out.

Physical Examination of Your Ears

With sufficient background information, your audiologist will begin your testing with a physical examination of your ears using an otoscope.

An otoscope is little more than a magnifying glass with a tapered tip and a tiny light. It allows your audiologist the ability to identify inflammation, growths, or any tumors obstructing the ear canal as well as wax, bugs, and other obstructions that reduce the capacity of your ears to conduct sound to the middle and inner ear.

Hearing Tests

Hearing Tests

After a physical examination of your ears, you will be placed in a soundproof booth or room where a set of headphones will be placed on your head for the first series of tests. This is when your audiologist will conduct various tests such as a Pure-tone test, Bone conduction test, Speech recognition test, Acoustic reflex test.

In cases where your audiologist needs to further identify or isolate the cause of your hearing loss, other tests might be included in the assessment.

After a physical examination of your ears, you will be placed in a soundproof booth or room where a set of headphones will be placed on your head for the first series of tests. This is when your audiologist will conduct various tests such as a Pure-tone test, Bone conduction test, Speech recognition test, Acoustic reflex test.

In cases where your audiologist needs to further identify or isolate the cause of your hearing loss, other tests might be included in the assessment.

Discussion of Results

With all of the information gathered through testing, your audiologist will bring you back to the office in order to discuss the results. You will learn the extent of your hearing loss, its likely cause, and the treatment options available for your specific condition. Your input is a critical part of creating a comprehensive hearing care plan designed to meet your hearing needs, but it will also include your personal preferences and lifestyle concerns.

Because hearing aids are among the best treatment options for certain types of permanent hearing loss, the discussion may include the process of choosing and fitting you with a hearing instrument. However, medications, minor outpatient procedures, tinnitus management, changes to your prescription medications, or a referral to another specialist might also be among the best solutions for treating your hearing loss. If your audiologist does not identify hearing loss during testing, the discussion might include recommendations for hearing protection to be used during certain activities along with preventative measures to prevent future damage.

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Types Of Hearing Tests And What They Do

There are a variety of tests used in a comprehensive hearing assessment. Each plays a role in identifying a specific element of your hearing loss, providing your audiologist with the necessary information to treat your specific condition.

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Pure-Tone Testing

Pure-tone testing, also known as air conduction testing or a “hearing test,” transmits sounds from a pair of earphones through your outer and middle ear. Audiologists are able to test one ear at a time or both at the same time to identify hearing loss issues. This test establishes the quietest sound you can hear at different pitches or frequencies, or your hearing thresholds.

Pure-Tone Testing

Pure-tone testing, also known as air conduction testing or a “hearing test,” transmits sounds from a pair of earphones through your outer and middle ear. Audiologists are able to test one ear at a time or both at the same time to identify hearing loss issues. This test establishes the quietest sound you can hear at different pitches or frequencies, or your hearing thresholds.

Pure-Tone Testing

Pure-tone testing, also known as air conduction testing or a “hearing test,” transmits sounds from a pair of earphones through your outer and middle ear. Audiologists are able to test one ear at a time or both at the same time to identify hearing loss issues. This test establishes the quietest sound you can hear at different pitches or frequencies, or your hearing thresholds.

Bone Conduction Testing

Bone Conduction Testing

Bone Conduction Testing

Speech Testing

Speech Testing

Speech Testing

Acoustic-Reflex or Tympanometry Testing

Acoustic-Reflex or Tympanometry Testing

Acoustic-Reflex or Tympanometry Testing

Additional Tests

Additional Tests

Additional Tests

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Quite often, it’s the simple questions and concerns that hold us back. If you’re hesitating due to a lack of information, or if you’d like to talk with a member of our team, please don’t hesitate to reach out!We’re here to help with questions, concerns, or comments you have. 

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Quite often, it’s the simple questions and concerns that hold us back. If you’re hesitating due to a lack of information, or if you’d like to talk with a member of our team, please don’t hesitate to reach out!We’re here to help with questions, concerns, or comments you have. 

St George, UT

Santa Clara, UT

Hurricane, UT

Cedar City, UT

Richfield, UT

Henderson, NV

Mesquite, NV

Las Vegas, NV

Schedule An Appointment

Quite often, it’s the simple questions and concerns that hold us back. If you’re hesitating due to a lack of information, or if you’d like to talk with a member of our team, please don’t hesitate to reach out!We’re here to help with questions, concerns, or comments you have. 

St George, UT

Santa Clara, UT

Hurricane, UT

Cedar City, UT

Richfield, UT

Henderson, NV

Mesquite, NV

Las Vegas, NV

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