Signs of Hearing Loss:
- Speech and environmental noises sounding muffled.
- Trouble understanding words, especially when in a crowd or a noisy place.
- Trouble hearing the letters of the alphabet.
- Often asking others to speak more slowly, clearly and loudly.
- Needing to turn up the volume of the television or radio.
- Staying clear of some social settings.
- Being bothered by background noise.
- Ringing in the ears, known as tinnitus.
Types of Hearing Loss
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
This is a hearing loss resulting from an issue with the organ of hearing (cochlea).
These hearing losses typically cannot be treated medically.
These losses are often due to noise exposure, aging, medications or trauma.
Conductive Hearing Loss
This is a hearing loss resulting from an issue with the middle ear or ear canal. Sometimes these losses can be treated medically or surgically.
These losses can be due to a blockage in the ear canal, a hole in the ear drum, fluid in the middle ear or an issue with the middle ear bones
You can have a combination of sensorineural and conductive hearing loss.
Central Hearing Loss
This is a hearing loss resulting from the brain not being able to process sounds.
This is something you can be born with or acquire.
Hearing Assessments
We offer comprehensive hearing assessments that enable us to identify if there is a hearing loss and what type it is.
We are able to test children’s hearing from 6 years and up.
What do we do in a hearing test?
Pure tone audiometry
Tympanometry
Acoustic Reflexes
Speech and Speech in Noise testing
