If someone tells you that suffer from hearing loss the first thing that comes to your mind about this condition is that this person can not hear the sounds loudly and clearly enough. But the truth is that this condition is more complicated than that. There are four main problems that are coming from hearing loss: the difficult to hear soft sounds, a situation when only key parts of the speech cannot be heard, voices become jumbled followed by background noise and a reduced range of hearing may make loud sound intolerable.
In order to be determined the specific level of loss of hearing, you should visit an audiologist and make all required test. The hearing assessments can detect the type and the degree of your loss of hearing and according to the results, you will receive the most appropriate treatment.
Hearing test are accurate and painless and they are used to measure what sound you can and cannot hear. The results are marked on an audiogram – a device that shows how loud are the sounds so you can hear them. The loss of hearing is measured with dB (decibels) which measure the intensity and pitch in Hz (hertz) which measure the frequency. According to these measurements, the hearing loss will be described as mild, moderate, severe or profound.
There are different hearing test that can be used to tested the hearing loss in adults and children.
Once your audiologist determines the cause and the level of your hearing loss, he will provide you with the right treatment for your needs. Hearing aids are devices that have been shown as very helpful in most hearing loss conditions. There are different types of hearing aids available, all coming with different designs and features made to suit any personal needs. According to the results of the test, the audiologist will determine which type of hearing aid is right for your type of hearing loss.
Hearing test are accurate and painless and they are used to measure what sound you can and cannot hear. The results are marked on an audiogram – a device that shows how loud are the sounds so you can hear them. The loss of hearing is measured with dB (decibels) which measure the intensity and pitch in Hz (hertz) which measure the frequency. According to these measurements, the hearing loss will be described as mild, moderate, severe or profound.
There are different hearing test that can be used to tested the hearing loss in adults and children.
- The simplest and most common way to test the loss of hearing is known as pure tone audiometry. This procedure includes listening to a wide range of pure tones such as whistles and beeps.
- The process when the hearing is measured by listening pure tones through headphone is known as air conduction. The sounds are transmitted via the air down the canal of the ear, then going through the middle ear and the last station is the delicate cochlea in the inner ear.
- Bone conduction test is made by using a small vibrator which is placed behind the ear. This way sound to travel through the bones to the cochlea and hearing nerves to the middle ear.
Once your audiologist determines the cause and the level of your hearing loss, he will provide you with the right treatment for your needs. Hearing aids are devices that have been shown as very helpful in most hearing loss conditions. There are different types of hearing aids available, all coming with different designs and features made to suit any personal needs. According to the results of the test, the audiologist will determine which type of hearing aid is right for your type of hearing loss.
