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Before you think about getting hearing tests, you should understand the difference between hearing screening and hearing tests. There are signs and symptoms of hearing loss that you can learn to recognize for yourself and other people you know. First, let’s define a hearing screening, which is different for newborns, children, and adults. Based on ASHA (American Speech Language Hearing Association) all newborns are screened for hearing loss before they leave the hospital, and a newborn who fails a screening, does not necessarily have a hearing problem. Very often, a second screening will reveal that the newborn has normal hearing capacity. Infant screening is extremely important in order to have early detection of hearing loss. Delayed diagnosis of hearing loss in an infant can mean language development issues affecting the child’s ability to learn and perform in school. For older children and adults, a pure tone test, determining the faintest tone a person can hear at different frequencies, is the most common screening for hearing loss. No screening test can be conducted over the telephone; you have to meet a hearing professional at their clinic, or alternatively at your doctor’s office. Adults 18 to 50 should be screened every decade, and then every 3 years after the age of 50.
A hearing test, most often performed by an audiologist, provides an evaluation of a person’s sense of hearing sensitivity. Hearing tests involve four steps: Audiologic (hearing) evaluation by a recognized hearing professional; Different types of tests; hearing case history; and the Audiogram. Hearing tests can also include a self-test for hearing loss, which involves using a checklist of signs for hearing loss. To do an at-home self-test for your child, consider the following situations:
- Child does not consistently respond to sound;
- Delay of language and speech development;
- Speech is unclear;
- Electronic equipment turned up to a high volume;
- Child does not follow directions;
- Child often says ‘huh’;
- When called, your child does not respond.
Here are only some of the questions to ask yourself for a self-test of your own possible hearing loss:
- Do you have a problem hearing over the telephone?
- Do people complain that you turn the TV volume up too high?
- Do you have to strain to understand conversation?
- Do you have trouble hearing in restaurants?
- Do you have dizziness, pain, or ringing in your ears?
- Do you find yourself asking people to repeat themselves?
- Do family members or coworkers remark about your missing what has been said?
- Do many people you talk to seem to mumble (or not speak clearly)?
- Do you have trouble understanding the speech of women and children?
Make certain that if you experience only some of these symptoms that you make an appointment with an audiologist, keeping in mind that your family doctor may not have been trained to detect mild hearing problems (statistically only 20% of general medical practitioners have the proper skills to perform hearing tests).
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