Adult Hearing Test

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Adult Hearing Assessment

Hearing impairment affects more than just your ability to hear — it affects your quality of life. The hearing evaluation is just the beginning of your treatment, and it’s essential to setting your unique care plan in motion and taking action on hearing loss. Your in-depth hearing evaluation will help us craft a treatment plan that renews your ability to hear, allowing you to truly communicate at your best and live life on your terms.

STEP ONE: THE EXAMINATION

Our Audiologist take a close look inside your ear and figure out whether the hearing difficulty you are experiencing could be caused by an obstruction or damage to the ear canal or eardrum. We use a special instrument called an otoscope or video otoscope to inspect your outer ear.

STEP TWO: HEARING TESTS

Next, we’ll need to figure out the nature of your hearing loss. A comprehensive hearing exam is painless and will be conducted by a qualified audiologist at all times. Some of the major components of an examination include, but are not limited to:

Otoscopy – A visual examination of the ear canals (our video otoscopes allow you to see inside your own ears)
Audiometry – Conducted in a sound-treated booth, this procedure assesses an individual’s ability to hear various sounds in each ear. Testing with speech is also provided to determine the ability to hear the presence of speech and the ability to understand speech both in quiet and in background noise.
Tympanometry – This is a quick test that requires no response from the patient. It evaluates both the pressure in the middle ear and the mobility of the eardrum and bones of the middle ear. This test provides a variety of diagnostic information and is a strong indicator of several medical conditions.
Oto-acoustic emissions – This test assesses the status of the sensory hearing cells within the inner ear. The patient does not have to respond – this test can be measured with the patient awake or asleep. Various sounds are presented to the ear and a microphone records the responses of the sensory cells.