{"id":1810,"date":"2018-09-30T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T23:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.fm1.dev\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2022-06-07T16:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T23:49:22","slug":"what-occurs-during-a-hearing-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/what-occurs-during-a-hearing-test\/","title":{"rendered":"What Occurs During a Hearing Test?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the things that makes people nervous when they have a scheduled\u00a0hearing test\u00a0is the unknown, but there is no need to worry. A hearing test is non-invasive and can be completed quickly so you don\u2019t have to panic too much about meeting your\u00a0audiologist\u00a0for the first time. They will put you at ease and make you feel comfortable before any tests are carried out at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, what goes on, anyway?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you arrive for your appointment you\u2019ll have to fill out a few forms, including a medical history and some background health information. These will cover your personal details along with your insurance information and some questions about your medical history and lifestyle. It\u2019s important that you answer the lifestyle questions honestly because the way that you live your life can impact your potential treatment plan with your audiologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you\u2019ve gone through to the audiologist\u2019s office, you will go through your medical history, the issues that you are experiencing and any concerns with your audiologist. It\u2019s then the exam will begin and – with your permission – your audiologist will look inside your ears with an otoscope. This will allow them to see inside the ear canal and check for swelling or blockages in the first instance. If you\u2019re lucky and you\u2019re curious, your audiologist may have a video otoscope, which means you get to have a look inside your own ear!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The pure-tone hearing test<\/a> comes next and you\u2019ll be comfortably sat in a soundproof room or booth with a set of headphones on. These are connected to an audiometer, which will play some beeps for you to hear at a variety of volumes. This will help to work out which pitch you can hear and the exact threshold you can hear frequencies of sound. You\u2019ll either be asked to state \u2018yes\u2019 or press a button for each time you hear the played noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second test is a speech test, where you will be asked to repeat phrases that you hear and they\u2019ll be played with white noise and other \u2018busy\u2019 sounds around them. Your audiologist will be able to understand how you hear speech and how you detect it. Each test performed will show up on an audiogram and you\u2019ll review it together after the tests are complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your audiologist will explain how your audiogram depicts your level of hearing loss. Once the results are explained, your audiologist will recommend a treatment plan that is right for your lifestyle and your hearing loss. Your hearing may be declining, so the best thing that you can do next is schedule your follow-up appointment and ensure that you attend it for the best treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the things that makes people nervous when they have a scheduled\u00a0hearing test\u00a0is the unknown, but there is no need to worry. A hearing test is non-invasive and can be completed quickly so you don\u2019t have to panic too much about meeting your\u00a0audiologist\u00a0for the first time. They will put you at ease and make…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hearing-aids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soundadviceburbank.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}