Hearing Test

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Edição de 10h45min de 30 de maio de 2013

The first step is for your GP to actually examine your hearing. Having an instrument with a at the end site, named an or otoscope http://fidelityhearingcenter.com, they'll search for anything that is not normal, including; launch, a ear drum, perforated ear drum or a thing that might be blocking the ear.

You may even be asked about any pain o-r discomfort which you may be experiencing.

Checks include whispering or ticking watch, adjusting pay, audiometry or bone oscillator:

Whispering o-r utilizing a ticking watch. One head at the same time will be blocked and the nurse or doctor will check your reading with sounds of varying sizes. In-the whispering test, you may need to repeat what out loud, when you hear them whispered.

Tuning fork. A tuning fork is a Y-shaped metallic object which, when utilized, produces sound waves at a fixed frequency. It's usually employed for tuning instruments. Medical practioners use a tuning fork by going it on their shoulder o-r knee, to make it vibrate, then keeping it at each side of your head. It'll be used first in the air near your head, to see how you hear sounds that are transmitted through air vibrations. Then it may be used to the bone behind your ear (mastoid bone) to find out how well you can hear when the waves are sent to your inner ear through the bone.

Audiometry. In this test you are given headphones to use, which are attached to a machine. Sounds of different quantities (volume) are performed through-the headphones, and you have to indicate whether you heard them. You might have to raise a hand or press a key. Kiddies may need to go a coloured stop.

Bone oscillator. A slightly different test can be used to test how well you hear sounds that are delivered through the bone as opposed to the air. This uses a guitar called a bone oscillator placed against the bone behind your ear.

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