Test Preparation

How to be ready for the test

Do not come if you are sick or in pain. Active allergies, colds, sinus/ear infections can all cause fluid in the ear and as a result, temporal hearing loss. The test results will be inaccurate. Please see your family doctor to treat the symptoms.

If you suspect you have built-up earwax, please visit your family doctor.  We need to see at least 30% of your eardrum, to perform the test.

Try to rest before the test and avoid loud sounds because the test takes a lot of concentration by listening and responding to different sounds.

Give your ears time to recover from Exposure of high levels of sound. Unmuffled lawn mowers, many power tools, motorcycles, rock music, gunfire – tends to create a temporary threshold shift (TTS) which diminishes with time after exposure. If you will be tested soon after such exposure, it will manifest a hearing loss that does not accurately reflect the normal hearing threshold. It is important that the testing procedure prescribes some time interval, usually 16 hours, between the high-level sound exposure and the actual hearing test.

Take your S/O with you. We can help both of you to overcome the challenges involved with hearing loss, and find the best treatment based on your stories of how hearing loss impacts your relationship.