Articles on Hearing Tests

Millions of Americans are affected by a certain degree of hearing loss, but many do not address the issue until years after experiencing symptoms. Here are a few of the biggest reasons to head to the audiologist: 

After going to your hearing exam, you'll receive an audiogram that will lay out the results in the form of a graph.

There is a lot of science that goes into modern hearing testing standards. A hearing test is set up to be a carefully controlled examination of your hearing ability.

Getting your hearing examined is a painless and noninvasive procedure that will determine your level of hearing loss and any damage to the nerve, eardrum or cochlea.

To determine the best type of hearing aids to suit your needs, your audiologist will go through several tests with you to determine the level of hearing loss, patterns and more.

When you're getting hearing loss treatment, there are two different ways that audiologists will test you.

Hearing loss tends to have a stigma surrounding it, but it is something that plagues one in five Americans, according to the Hearing Healthy Foundation.

May is Better Hearing Month, and Healthy Hearing is taking this opportunity to partner with the Hearing Health Foundation for Better Hearing Month to raise money and promote the importance of getting a hearing test.

Having two sets of ears on hand to hear the results are better than one – especially if there are decisions to make.

Hospitals and pediatric audiologists use a variety of hearing screenings to identify hearing loss in newborns and infants.

Free guide from Healthy Hearing offers audiogram walk-through and explores different types of hearing loss.

We have reviewed the best phone apps designed to check for signs of hearing loss. This review discusses several that are currently available for iPhone and Android.

Your hearing test will be graphed on something called an audiogram, which demonstrates your hearing sensitivity for different pitches and volumes.

As the child grows and enters school, undetected hearing loss contributes to longer learning curves. At times, children may be misdiagnosed with cognitive learning delay caused by some other underlying factor other than simple, addressable hearing loss.

61% of hearing loss occurs in men, so guys, get a hearing test during Men's Health Week.

Better Hearing Institute (BHI) says that more than 13 million women suffer from unaddressed hearing loss, which undermines their quality of life. A great number of women don't include a hearing test as part of their healthcare routine because they attach more stigma to hearing loss than men.

A hearing test is a simple, quick, non-invasive test to determine if you have hearing loss. Based on your hearing test results and the audiogram the hearing professional will make treatment recommendations such as hearing aids.

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Hearing loss occurs to most people as they age. Hearing loss can be due to the aging process, exposure to loud noise, certain medications, infections, head or ear trauma, congenital (birth or prenatal) or hereditary factors, diseases, as well as a number of other causes.

ABR testing evaluates hearing levels without the active participation of your child. It is necessary for your child to be asleep during this test.

This guide gives you an idea of what to expect on your test

Results of the audiometric evaluation are plotted on a chart called an audiogram. Loudness is plotted from top to bottom. Frequency, from low to high, is plotted from left to right.

More than three million American children have hearing loss. An estimated 1.3 million of these children are under three years of age. Statistics show that 5-7 newborns, out of...