For cases like hearing loss, we wanted to make sure that we are not into getting ourselves loss our sense to hear. It is very important to know your condition as early as possible in order to prevent a certain condition from getting worst. This is the reason why children who are in a very young age already have series of test to see and make sure their hearing condition. It is an advantage for parents because they would be able to get their selves prepared for the measures that they are going to take in order to prevent the condition of their child’s health.

Technology had helped us in a big way because of the devices that hearing impaired person’s are using to at least experience living a normal life, of course it is not almost the same but it can give them the opportunity to hear as if they don’t suffer hearing loss.

Here are basic types of hearing tests:

Tympanometry -using sound and pressure from a device that is placed in one ear, this measures the tightness of the eardrum. A loud noise is heard from the device, causing the eardrum to vibrate. There is no discomfort associated with this test. The other ear will be tested in the same fashion.

Speech Audiometry – using an earphones, you will hear a technician recite words at varying volume levels. You will then be asked to repeat what you heard, though there is a glass panel through which you can see one another, you won’t be able to read the technicians lips. The words are heard through ear pieces a mixed with background sounds, seems like talking to someone in a crowd.

Tone Recognition – series of tones will be played on the headphones, – As you hear the tones, you will either press a button device or raise your hand indicating that you heard the tone, then continues with tones of varying pitch and volume. When the technician plays a sound that you do not indicate hearing, the sound will be played again slightly louder to determine the absolute lowest or highest pitch or volume that you can hear.

Pure Tone Bone Conduction Hearing - a single ear piece is placed in one ear, then a second device like a headband with round pads at each end is placed over the head. One pad is placed in the hair near the temple on the side of the head with the ear piece, one on the opposite ear. A series of tones are played and you respond when you hear the tone, a test is to stimulate the auditory nerve through vibration of bones in the skull.

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