REM Test

REM – REAL EAR MEASUREMENT TEST

New hearing aids, re-fitted, returned from repair, adjusted, new earmold/dome installed need to be determined that soft sound is audible, speech sound is accessible and loud sounds are not over amplified.

REM (real ear measurement) is an evidence-based method for assessing the performance of hearing aids in the client’s ears. This is the only way to confirm the appropriate amount of gain provided by hearing aids to a client and improve speech understanding performance in background noise. Without this test, hearing aid users receive either too little or too much volume at different frequencies (pitches).

The reduced audibility leads to reduced speech understanding in background noise.²