First we look at your individual specific hearing lifestyle, meaning the places you spend time, the people you communicate with, the listening environments you move through, and the demands those situations place on your hearing each day. We discuss how these things can feel, and how we can mitigate the impact.

We look inside your ears using a specialist light and magnification so we can clearly see the ear canal and ear drum.

This helps us check for things like wax, irritation, infection, or any changes inside the ear that could be affecting your hearing, and it also allows us to make sure it is safe and appropriate to go ahead with the rest of the assessment.

We take photos too so you can see how your ears are looking.

A listening test that measures the quietest sounds you can hear across a range of pitches. It provides a detailed picture of hearing sensitivity in each of your ears and helps identify the degree and type of hearing loss, forming an important part of the hearing assessment.

We use a recorded sentence test with background noise to assess how well you can follow speech in more demanding listening situations.

This helps us understand the kinds of environments you may find more difficult, and gives us a more realistic view of how your hearing is performing in day to day life.

We use a recorded word test to see how clearly you are hearing speech and specific sounds within speech in a quiet setting.

This test provides insight for you and the audiologist into your real world communication ability and can highlight difficulties that may not be fully explained by the hearing level test alone.

We collate all of our findings and this helps us to create a personalised experience of amplified hearing with a solution tailored to your individual hearing needs.