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Taking a Hearing Test Taking
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loss,
and potential benefit from amplification.
Once
at the appointment, you will fill out a brief questionnaire.
The audiologist will see you and ask some background questions. Your
ears will be inspected either using an otoscope or a video otoscope, which
is a television camera type of otoscope to view the inside of your ears.
From there you will put in a soundproof booth.
Headphones will be placed on your head. You will be asked to
respond by either raising your hand, saying yes, or pushing a button to
various tones.
The tones vary in frequency from low to high pitch. The range of
frequencies covers the area where the majority of the parts of speech
occur from vowels to consonants.
The test results are put on a graph called an audiogram and it shows how much from normal that your hearing has dropped and which frequencies. At this point, speech tests will be done to determine how soft you can just barely hear and understand speech, how your hearing loss is affecting your ability to understand normal speech, and what you’re aided speech understanding potentials are. This
information is general in nature and not intended as advice or to replace
contacting your dispenser, audiologist or physician. |