Step-by-Step: What to Expect During Your Hearing Assessment
From the moment you walk in to the final discussion of your results, here’s a clear breakdown of what happens during your comprehensive hearing assessment.
#1
Relax in a Comfortable Waiting Room (with Snacks)
As you walk through our office door, you’ll be greeted in the waiting room where we’ll make you feel comfortable, you can get yourself some chilled water, and choose from a variety of “hearing healthy” snacks.
#2
Complete Some Basic Paperwork
Prior to your hearing assessment, it’s important that we understand you, your history, and any medical conditions (whether your own or any in your family). This allows us to have all the relevant information for your hearing assessment.
#3
You’ll Be Greeted By Your Audiologist
One of our smiling audiologists will call your name and welcome you to a private room where we’ll have a quick chat to discuss any answers in your paperwork and understand the reasons that you have visited us.
#4
We’ll Take a Look In Your Ears
We will then take a quick look in both of your ears using an otoscope. This allows us to see if there’s anything that’s visibly blocking your ear and allows us to ensure that everything looks healthy. In some cases, patients have come to us with concerns about hearing loss and we have discovered that it was a build-up of earwax or even things like fluff sat in their ear canal.
#5
You’ll Enter The Sound Booth
We’ll walk you into the sound booth, which is a sound-proofed box to comprehensively test your hearing. You will wear a pair of headphones and we’ll play different sounds at different frequencies. All you have to do is press the button in front of you when you hear a sound. This allows us to test what you can hear and what you can’t hear.
#6
We’ll Discuss Your Results
We’ll then be able to use an audiogram to plot out your results to determine where your level of hearing sits. If no hearing loss is found, you can be rest assured and we’ll thank you for visiting us. If a hearing loss is found, we can then share some of the options available to you and offer our professional advice and recommendations on the best steps forward.
