Hearing loss

The difficulties related with verifying the direction which sound comes from is the reason for having a hearing test done.

Hearing problems affect people of all ages.

Correct localisation of sound is not important in everyday life and does not affect one’s sense of security in any way.

Speech audiometry is carried out complementary to pure tone audiometry.

An audiogram is a graphical representation of the patient’s hearing ability.

An otoscope is used to look into the ears.

Pure tone audiometry is carried out simultaneously for each ear.

Difficulties with understanding what other people are saying might be a symptom of a hearing loss.

Hearing ... are becoming more and more common these days.

Hearing examinations fall into two categories: objective and ... .