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Hearing impairment affects more than just your ability to hear — it affects your quality of life.
The hearing evaluation is just the beginning of your treatment, and it’s essential to setting your unique care plan in motion and taking action on hearing loss. Your in-depth hearing evaluation will help us craft a treatment plan that renews your ability to hear, allowing you to truly hear your best and live life on your terms.
The interview process helps our practice determine the extent of your hearing impairment and aids us in uncovering any specific areas requiring further attention. Some typical questions you’ll want to prepare for are:
Our hearing care providers take a close look inside your ear and figure out whether the hearing difficulty you are experiencing could be caused by an obstruction or damage to the ear canal or eardrum. We use a special instrument called an otoscope or video otoscope to inspect your outer ear.
Next, we’ll need to figure out the nature of your hearing loss. There’s a chance we will include hearing tests such as the following:
If you are suffering from a hearing impairment, your results will be documented on an audiogram. We will help determine whether you have trouble hearing low or high pitches and what that means for you moving forward.
Treating hearing loss isn’t a simple process but we are here to help you through every step of your journey. We offer a variety of solutions.