What Is A Hearing Test? - What To Expect When Getting A Comprehensive Hearing Evaluation

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Dr. Clifford Olson, founder of Applied Hearing Solutions in Phoenix Arizona, discusses the 5 tests that an Audiologist will perform when giving you a Comprehensive Hearing Evaluation, and what is a hearing test?
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#1. Otoscopy - Basically looking in your ear to make sure there is no wax or other problems preventing sound from entering your ear.
#2. Air Conduction Testing - Usually while wearing Headphones or Insert Earphones, this is where an Audiologist will play you "beeps" to see if you can hear them. They are trying to find out the softest sound you can hear.
#3. Bone Conduction Testing - This is where we send sound into your ear by vibrating your skull. This will help the Audiologist identify the part of your ear that is causing a hearing loss, if you have a hearing loss at all.
#4. Speech Recognition Testing - This is where you repeat words until the audiologist finds the softest level of speech that you can hear.
#5. Word Recognition Score - This is where you repeat words at an audible level and the audiologist determines how accurate you can understand them. They may need to be amplified if you have a hearing loss.
If you haven't had a hearing test in the past 5 years, you should. Find an Audiologist near you to see how well YOU hear.

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@charlitaschuster9009 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you .I am going to get my hearing checked .

@zahraghp9362 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for you very good videos😘

@fashiontisiconic586 2 жыл бұрын

I’m about to get hearing test tomorrow to see if I have nerve damage to my ear 👂🏾I’m 14 and this is after I had a bad ear infection behind my eardrum I got my ear check again w my mom by a ent specialist and they said my ear was Good so they did the instrument test thing and my left ear didn’t hear it as loud as my right thank you for this video makes me less nervous 👍🏾👾👾👾👾

@mikegrato2542 5 жыл бұрын

REM is conducted when you are being fit for the first time with your new hearing aids to verify the fitting is accurate.

@pgraiders272 4 жыл бұрын

I do get hearing tests annually. And, everything test you brought up is on point.

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@carleylanglois2372 3 жыл бұрын

I'm getting my ears tested for the first time this week I'm excited

@r1v3rsss 2 жыл бұрын

how did it go?

@torinsall 2 жыл бұрын

I remember a hearing test with them using a contnuous tone they turned up until you could hear it...at one point it kicked off my tinnitus then made it so loud I couldn't hear the tones anymore so got a much worse score than my actual hearing loss which caused me to be rejected for a job. Years later (and every test since) I got tested using pulsed tones which allowed me to differentiate between the tones and the tinnitus. Wish I had known the folks using the continuous tone were idiots who didn't know what they were doing.

@nan-sf2no 3 жыл бұрын

i think i'm getting done before going to another ENT, i have a perforation ? in my eardrum, so will the test still be able to proceed as normal although the hole is there ? i've initially went to the nurse at first, because i was having ear pain. i'd always had bad hearing in my right ear since 5th grade though, i didn't tell my parents then. but about three weeks ago, we went to the doctor the first time and we assumed it was just earwax, and we did a water treatment to get rid of the earwax (there was a lot and they couldn't see my eardrum because of it) until we had to stop halfway due to the horrible pain i was experiencing. so, i was referred to the ENT, and then they removed the earwax out of my ear using a suction vacuum. then, the pain was gone and i'd felt fine. it was just otitis externa then. and we went a couple days ago for a checkup w the ENT, and turns out i had a perforation in my eardrum and it was actually chronic otitis media. so now, i'm having an auditory test 10 days from now, and then i'm going to another ENT that specializes in perforated eardrums to get my hearing fixed since i wasn't able to hear out of my right ear for years. and i'm just hoping that it'll be fixed without surgery or anything lol.

@emelyannett 6 жыл бұрын

Great information in 6 min video.

@xena496 9 күн бұрын

I’ve never had a hearing test done. I’m supposed to do one next Thursday. Can you help me how to prepare?

@mitotv6376 8 ай бұрын

I already have 3 times hearing test and ENT didn't tell me what condition I suffered.. i can't hear with right ear

@monicaunderwood4396 2 жыл бұрын

I have a friend that took a hearing test and she said that the doctor did not perform a speech recognition test or a word recognition test. She is suffering from tinnitus. The doctor prescribed hearing aids. Should I tell her to get another test from a different hearing center?

@alina1548 3 жыл бұрын

I get my hearing tested every year, cause I have two Cochlear implants and born with bilateral deafness 👌🏻

@just_Kalayakhloee 2 жыл бұрын

Same

@attackman4458 Жыл бұрын

I’m gonna make my own hearing test using my headphones and bone conduction earphones. Bc the NHS have delayed my hearing test for 3 years and I’m pretty sure it got worse.

@2008freeatlast 5 жыл бұрын

when are "real-ear" measurements done?

@sienasach1878 Ай бұрын

I’m 15 and I failed my hearing test today so i’m being sent to an audiologist. I thought I had good hearing but I’m a bit worried now.

@xena496 9 күн бұрын

I’m really nervous about a hearing test because I deal with a sensory integrated disorder and so with that one means smell and hearing are more sensitive, but I’m scared about with my disorder that my hearing is gonna be really gonna be too sensitive for it to be

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@vitfrac1200 4 жыл бұрын

My new audiologist didn't do a new comprehensive hearing test because I had another one from another audiologist over a year ago. I complained with her as I was going to buy new hearing aids and wanted a more up to date exam. So, she did an audiometry that took less than a minute. Usually my hearing tests last way longer , and include impedantiometry and other tests, not a 1 minute audiometry. Is this something valid? or should I complain?

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@vitfrac1200 4 жыл бұрын

btw I have moderate-severe hearing loss and have noticed some worsening on hearing loss, now I can't even hear alarms to wake up. So, yes I wanted a full exam, but she only did 1 mnt audiometry, I am shocked. I even bought my new hearing aids signia 7nx with that audiologist

@adamlewis1961 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a musician...and I seem to have developed tinnitus (I know...:-( ) - but since lockdown started and band rehearsals have finished...I've noticed that through the lack of exposure to loud music or having earplugs rammed into my ears that my tinnitus seems to have got a helluvalot LOUDER...does this happen with tinnitus? My hearing's already bad enough that with the -34db earplugs in and someone speaks at band rehearsal (off-mic) that it's literally like having the TV muted because the tinnitus and earplugs COMPLETELY drown out anything that's said and I have to remove the plugs to hear...

@nella10123 Жыл бұрын

hows your tinnitus/hearing now adam

@georgegrosu1085 5 жыл бұрын

Can tinitus affect your audiogram, and therefore, the fitting of the HA? I guess REM is usefull only if your audiogram is accurate (leading to an accurate prescription). I mean... Is possible that your ear is able to hear the sound at 30db, but tinitus masks it out, so in audiogram will appear at 40db? How semnifficative is a 10db tollerance in an audiogram?

@monicaunderwood4396 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to know if tinnitus effects a test

@XceliumYT 2 жыл бұрын

yes, tinnitus effects test

@burger_kinghorn 5 жыл бұрын

Is Speech In Noise a routine part of this?

@KisDraga 5 жыл бұрын

Because insurance doesn't cover eye exams I was afraid that meant it wouldn't cover hearing either. I've been experiencing an inability to focus in when people are speaking in certain environments. I always brushed it off as anxiety until a friend jokingly asked if I was having hearing problems and suggested I get tested... when I learned insurance does cover hearing exams I booked an appointment right away (at the end of the month). Not sure if its hearing loss or anxiety but regardless it will be nice to have a check up. I'm 30 and as you said I have only had the gradeschool screenings.

@DrCliffAuD 5 жыл бұрын

A hearing test is a must. Until you get the results of that, it will be impossible to determine what could be the issue.

@Nobodyhas2 5 жыл бұрын

@@DrCliffAuD do you have to get a hearing aid if some hearing is lost?

@Nobodyhas2 5 жыл бұрын

How did it go

@DrCliffAuD 5 жыл бұрын

@@Nobodyhas2 it depends on the type of loss.

@richardscaggs5936 2 жыл бұрын

If you don't get a new hearing Aids , you might have to go to the Auto mechanic store to buy a big funnel and put it in your ears . So which one do you want ?

@paizleyb1853 2 жыл бұрын

i’m 13 and i’m getting my hearing tested for the very first time because i’ve been having hearing problems lol what happens if they find out something is wrong? are they going to diagnose me with hard of hearing and give me something like hearing aids? that’s all i’m worried about tbh

@DrCliffAuD 2 жыл бұрын

Don't know. Maybe. They will explain everything so you understand what is going on with your hearing.

@r1v3rsss 2 жыл бұрын

i have the same problem! how did it go for u? im around ur age too btw :3

@richardscaggs5936 2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry about your hearing Aids looks like on the outside of your head make it looked like a cellphone ear buds while listening to music 🎵 or hide your hearing Aids and act like James Bond's Hearing Aides secretly listening to spy . They ( Audiologist Hearing Aides dealers) or Public Schools might offer you invisible hearing aid meaning goes inside deep in the in the ear or hide behind your hair matches up with hairing aides , sorry I meant hearing Aids LoL 😆 .

@jeswinsamson7733 6 ай бұрын

Hey what happened after that

@paizleyb1853 5 ай бұрын

@@jeswinsamson7733 I ended up having good hearing lol

@illogical1421 2 жыл бұрын

PLEASE ANSWER, can an air conduction testing cause hearing loss??? Ever since I got one 2 weeks ago my hearing became worse just a couple of days after the test and now I can't hear nowhere as good as I did before the test which is driving me insane.

@DrCliffAuD 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like something else going on. I can't imagine they played air conduction sounds loud enough to cause additional hearing loss.

@illogical1421 2 жыл бұрын

@@DrCliffAuD Some sounds were actually loud and my ear was already sensitive to loud noises, thanks, anyways, I'm completely lost at the moment.

@illogical1421 2 жыл бұрын

@@DrCliffAuD Tell me doctor because I'm confused, I had another just an hour ago and turns out I lost 10 extra dB in matter of 2 weeks, is that a big or a lot?!! I feel like I've lost a lot of my hearing?!!

@jaydeesunday3855 4 жыл бұрын

Can hearing test detect where tinnitus cause?

@adamlewis1961 4 жыл бұрын

Last time I had a hearing test was 30 years ago (I was 7) - it was in primary school...I remember a pair of headphones (one red one blue) and I had to say "yes" when I could hear the sound...

@ginnymillersgf 4 жыл бұрын

2:59 those thing really hurt so if anyone has to have one done be prepeared.I almost passed out because it hurt so much

@austrianuser 2 жыл бұрын

It feels like I have a hearing loss on my left ear but the audiogram shows nothing. It shows that both ears would be equal, but it definetely doesn't feel so. Is everything okay with my hair cells when the audiogramm shows no hearing difficulty?

@damarisreinosatraverso7525 3 жыл бұрын

What about kids?

@zafariqbal-jj5is 4 жыл бұрын

is 25 dbhl normal hearing?

@DrCliffAuD 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@zafariqbal-jj5is 4 жыл бұрын

@@DrCliffAuD Thank you sir for replying.

@ramanbohaju6126 3 жыл бұрын

42 db hearing loss is dangerous or not

@wildworld8889 5 жыл бұрын

When I tooked my hearing test I was told 2 say yes every time I hear a beep that was so annoying. Not only that I didnt get 2 do the headphones test I just did the bone conduction tests it's like they want me 2 get a baha . And they didn't even explained nothin about my hearing all I was told after gettin done takin my hearing test was I lost hearing in both ear . I was already hearing loss it's been 2 years I go get an hearing test I lost Hearing in both ears . I had 2 called her 2 get more information she said she can tell I lost hearing becuz she use the bone conduction that goes behind the ear. Why didnt she check my hearing with the headphones. By be losing my hearing she wants be 2 see an ear..nose ..throat doctor for medical clearance 2 get me a new hearing aid. Why do I need medical clearance for replacing my broken hearing for a new one . Also this baha on a head band I'm supposed 2 be getting. I told I need 2 baha why when I been wearing a hearing and.

@Nobodyhas2 5 жыл бұрын

Do you have to get a hearing aid if hearing lost?