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When you arrive for your exam, you will be greeted by the front office staff and asked to fill out several forms, including those that record your personal information, medical history and verify your insurance. You will also receive a copy of a Notice of Privacy as mandated by law.
As your exam begins, your audiologist will review your personal information with you and will ask you some questions that are designed to discover the specific types of environments in which you may be experiencing some difficulty in hearing.
Next, the audiologist may look into your ears by using an otoscope. This instrument is used to see the ear canal and the ear drum and whether or not there is ear wax obstructing the canal. Sometimes the audiologist will have a video otoscope so you can see inside your ear as well!
The first test that is conducted is the pure tone hearing test. This is conducted in a quiet environment, sometimes in a soundproof booth. The audiologist will place headphones that are connected to an audiometer over your ears. The audiometer transmits a series of tones at a variety of volumes into your ears to determine the exact point or “threshold” at which you can hear various frequencies of sounds. When you hear a sound, you will be asked to push a button or raise your hand.
The next test is the speech test. During this test you will listen to a series of one and two syllable words at different volumes and be asked to repeat them. This will determine the level at which the patient can not only detect, but understand speech.
And finally, another test that may be conducted is a speech in noise test. This test will determine how well you hear in a noisy environment.
The results of your tests will be recorded on a graph called an audiogram, which the (audiologist) will review with you. The audiogram reflects you hearing loss in frequencies and decibels.
Family Hearing Center — Hearing Tests
In order to obtain the best possible hearing improvement with our digital audiometer, the first step is to have a complete hearing evaluation at one of our six offices in the Hawaiian Islands. A hearing test at Family Hearing Center can incorporate a number of different techniques to give us a complete picture of the condition of your hearing
Videotoscope
We will show you the condition of your ear canal and eardrum to rule out wax as a problem. To find out how we can help you hear more clearly, contact any one of our six offices for a complete hearing test.
Tympanometry — Acoustic Reflex Testing
Tympanometry and Acoustic Reflex Testing are tests to help identify abnormalities in the auditory system. Your specialist will insert a device that will change the pressure within your ear. From this measurement, we can rule out some outer and middle ear problems such as a perforated eardrum or fluid behind the eardrum.
Pure Tone Audiometry
It can be very useful for determining the pitch match and intensity for a patient's tinnitus, and determining if they would be a good candidate for our tinnitus treatments.
Digital Audiometers
State of the art digital audiometers gives us a true and accurate test results. We use ear insertion ear pieces for testing because they gives us more accurate test results compared to the old ear phones that have been used for years.
Speech Mapping
Advanced technology has provided us with a means of measuring sound correction in relationship with a patients hearing loss within a (+) or (-) of 3 db accuracy. This technology is called Speech Mapping.
Every patient is checked regardless of the instrument or manufacture chosen to be sure they are receiving the best correction possible.Â
Hearing in Noise Test
Hint tests have been developed to show the signal to noise ratio which translates to how much understanding any hearing aid will provide you in noise.
There is a big difference between hearing and understanding, especially when back ground sound or noise gets in the way or interferes with someone talking.
We think it’s important that every patient know how much help they are getting from a hearing aid. Especially if the manufacturer is making claims of improved understanding in noise.
Demonstration of Digital Hearing Technology
After your hearing tests, our professionals will be able to let you hear the difference that digital hearing instruments will make for you right in our office. Call us today so we can show you what you might be missing!
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