Adult Hearing Assessment
The first step to treating hearing conditions is accurate diagnosis. We offer a range of industry-standard diagnostic tests, performed by our experienced audiology team in acoustic soundproof rooms that meet ISO standards and requirements.
Pure Tone Audiometry
A comprehensive hearing test for adults and children above 7 years old. It is performed to determine hearing levels and diagnose possible hearing and balance related disorders. This test requires the patient to wear headphones and press a button whenever he/she hears a tone. It sometimes involves using a specialized headphone which sits on the bone behind the ear.
High Frequency Audiometry
A similar test procedure as pure tone audiometry, this test measures hearing levels in response to frequencies above 8kHz. This can be helpful for testing hearing impairments caused by ototoxicity, noise exposure, acoustic traumas and in assessing patients with tinnitus.
Free Field Audiometry (Aided test)
This hearing test is done via loudspeakers and uses different types of sound stimulus (warble tones, speech sounds, narrow band noise). It is used to measure the functional gain of hearing aids and/or cochlear implants or for patients who are unable to perform the standard hearing test (Pure Tone Audiometry) with headphones.
Tympanometry
This test is a quick and safe way to make objective measures of the middle ear system by changing the ear canal pressure as sound passes through the eardrum. This gives an indication if the middle ear is healthy, if the eardrum is ruptured or if there is an ear infection.
Acoustic Reflex Test
As a measurement of the ear’s natural reflex to lower the intensity of loud sounds, this test provides additional information on the patient’s hearing levels and neural pathways.
Speech Recognition Test
Used to measure the patient’s ability to correctly repeat words and/or sentences in quiet or noisy conditions, this test is performed to evaluate the functional performance of patients have hearing loss or those fitted with hearing aids and/or cochlear implants.
