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The first step is getting your hearing tested<\/strong>. We recommend that people over the age of 50 have an annual hearing test that is performed in a noise-free sound booth. A hearing \u2018screening\u2019 is not the same and we believe a \u2018screening\u2019 does not accurately measure your hearing. Our audiologist will assess your hearing in a controlled setting \u2013a sound booth. Your job is simply to listen and offer responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You will be fitted with a set of earphones, and then asked to listen to various quiet sounds and push a button or raise your hand when you hear each sound. The audiologist may also speak words that you will be asked to repeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Each sound that you listen to will be in the everyday range of sounds and speech. After each response, the audiologist will adjust the volume, in order to find out the softest sounds that you are able to hear. This determines your hearing threshold, which is then charted on an audiogram, which is a graph showing pitches and frequencies. The loudest sounds are at the bottom of the scale, and the quietest sounds are at the top. In this way, you can find out how well you hear sounds and understand speech.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Once the hearing test is complete, our audiologist will show you your results, explain them to you, and answer any questions you may have. One question, though, that may be impossible to answer is, \u201cWhat caused my hearing loss?\u201d There could be any number of causes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\nYour Results<\/h3>\n\n\n\n