Hearing less than you used to?

Hearing assessment

Where the trouble is

Pure tone audiometry (PTA), speech and acoustic reflexes (SRT / ART), and impedance / tympanometry — all three in 35 minutes, in our own sound-treated room, with an audiologist.

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RIE — receiver in ear

Clear sound, barely seen

The body sits behind the ear and a thin wire carries the speaker inside it, so very little shows. This is the shape we fit most often, from mild loss through to severe.

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BTE — behind the ear

More power, more freedom

The shape that takes the most power, and the one that pairs with a mould made from your own ear. Where the loss is greater, this is usually what fits.

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CIC — completely in canal

The one nobody sees

Made from a cast of your own ear and worn entirely inside it. For people whose first question is whether it will show.

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Newborns and children

Hearing tests for newborns

OAE, ABR and ASSR — done while the baby sleeps, with nothing asked of the child. Every sound a baby hears is groundwork for speech, which is why this is not a test to put off.

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Tinnitus

A sound in a silent room?

It is not simply an annoying noise; it can be a sign of tinnitus. A test shows how much, at which frequencies, and what else is going on in the ear.

If the phone is hard, write instead — it is for most of our patients.