Advanced Diagnostic Hearing Test: Unparalleled Expertise in Hearing Care
Discover the advanced diagnostic hearing test at Hearing Excellence, designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of your hearing health. Our team of expert audiologists utilizes advanced tests and techniques to gather in-depth diagnostic data, enabling us to create a personalized audiology treatment plan tailored to your specific needs.
Why is the Advanced Diagnostic Hearing Test important? This baseline test is essential if you have never had one before. It offers detailed insights into your hearing abilities, making it ideal for adults with concerns about extended exposure to loud and noisy environments. It is also suitable for individuals experiencing non-bothersome tinnitus, sound sensitivity, hyperacusis, noticeable hearing loss, or those on ototoxicity medication or previous treatments that were ineffective.
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Transforming Lives Through Advanced Diagnostic Hearing Testing
September 16,, 2023
What is ADHT?
The advanced hearing test is a comprehensive assessment that offers precise diagnosis and treatment planning. It is tailored for adults dealing with tinnitus, noisy environments, or ineffective past treatments.
Causes
The advanced hearing test is designed for precise diagnosis of complex hearing issues. It’s ideal for adults working in noisy settings, experiencing tinnitus, or having ineffective past treatments.
Symptoms
Consider an advanced hearing test if you experience tinnitus, hyperacusis, noticeable hearing loss, or work in noisy environments. It’s also recommended if previous hearing treatments have been ineffective.
Hearing Excellence Advanced Diagnostic Hearing Test solution
Our tests are specifically designed for adults who work in loud, noisy environments, experience non-bothersome tinnitus or sound sensitivity, have noticeable hearing loss, or are on ototoxicity medication. These tests can also be helpful if previous hearing treatments have not been effective.
During your appointment, our audiologists will conduct a battery of tests to evaluate your hearing:
Pure Tone Test:
This test uses pure tone sounds based on frequency to assess your listening ability, playing sounds ranging from 250 Hz to 8000 Hz. It provides an audiogram that objectively evaluates your hearing capabilities.
Speech Reception Threshold (SRT) Test:
The audiologist asks you to repeat known words played at different volumes to determine the lowest volume at which you can hear and recognize speech.
Word Recognition Score (WRS):
You are asked to repeat a list of unknown single-syllable words at your speech recognition threshold. This test helps the audiologist assess the speech intelligibility of your hearing.
Most Comfortable Loudest Level (MCL):
The audiologist determines the loudest comfortable volume for you by gradually increasing the audio volume. This test helps understand your comfort level in relation to your hearing abilities.
Uncomfortable Loudness Level (UCL):
Similar to the MCL test, the audiologist works with you to find the volume at which the stimulus becomes uncomfortable, providing insight into your tolerance level.
Tympanometry:
This test uses pressure changes to examine the middle ear’s functionality and detect any fluid or air behind the eardrum.
Otoscopy:
An otoscope is used to visually inspect the health of your ears, allowing the audiologist to identify any visible issues.
Acoustic Reflex:
By playing loud acoustics, the audiologist checks the reflex of the stapedius muscle in the ear. This helps determine if reflex muscle reactions contribute to hearing loss.
High-Frequency Audiometry:
Using headphones or earphones, this test presents pure tones ranging from 250 Hz to 16,000 Hz. It provides a more extensive range of sound for a more accurate diagnosis, including tinnitus detection or monitoring for ototoxicity caused by medication.
Masking:
Masking involves conducting tone exposure through air conduction in each ear independently to observe if one ear has hearing loss while the other does not. This ensures more accurate pure tone results.
QuickSIN:
This test involves playing a female voice with background noise gradually increasing in volume. You are asked to repeat what the female voice says, helping the audiologist assess your speech intelligibility and signal-to-noise ratio.
FAQ
The advanced diagnostic hearing test serves as a baseline test for adults experiencing hearing issues for the first time. This test offers in-depth diagnostic data, which allows clinicians to formulate a comprehensive audiology treatment plan. It’s particularly useful for individuals working in noisy environments, experiencing non-bothersome tinnitus, hyperacusis, noticeable hearing loss, or those undergoing hearing treatments that haven’t been effective.
Unlike basic hearing tests, our audiologists perform a variety of tests that are more detailed and time-consuming. This comprehensive approach ensures a more precise diagnosis, equipping our clinicians to either prevent further deterioration of your condition or find a suitable treatment plan.
The advanced hearing test includes multiple assessments such as Pure Tone Test, Speech Reception Threshold (SRT) Test, Word Recognition Score (WRS), Tympanometry, Otoscopy, Acoustic Reflex, High-Frequency Audiometry, Masking, QuickSIN, and more. These tests offer a broad spectrum of information about your hearing health.
The Pure Tone Test uses sounds at varying frequencies to gauge your listening ability. It uses sounds ranging from 250 Hz to 8000 Hz and presents them through headphones or bone oscillators. The results show up in an audiogram, giving an objective view of your hearing capabilities.
In the SRT Test, the audiologist asks you to repeat known words played at decreasing volumes. The aim is to understand the lowest volume at which you can hear and recognize speech.
In High-Frequency Audiometry, pure tones are played, starting from 250 Hz and going up to 16,000 Hz. This larger range helps in detecting tinnitus or hearing loss on a broader scale and can also be used for Ototoxicity monitoring.
Masking is a method used to ensure more accurate pure tone results. During this test, the audiologist exposes each ear independently to tones, so that one ear is not assisting the other. This helps identify if there is a hearing loss in one ear and not the other.
QuickSIN stands for Quick Speech in Noise test. It gauges your ability to discern speech or sounds from background noise, providing the audiologist with a more advanced understanding of your speech intelligibility
None of the tests performed during an advanced diagnostic hearing appointment are painful. They are designed to be as comfortable as possible while providing crucial information about your hearing health.
The advanced diagnostic hearing test is particularly designed for adults who have specific concerns such as working in loud or noisy environments, experiencing tinnitus, sound sensitivity, hyperacusis, or noticeable hearing loss. It’s also recommended for those who are on ototoxicity medications or have previously tried hearing treatments that were ineffective. If you fall into any of these categories or have concerns about your hearing, it’s a good idea to consider undergoing this advanced test..
To book an Advanced Diagnostic Hearing Test appointment
To secure your 1 hour and 20 minutes enhanced advanced diagnostic hearing test appointment please complete the payment process. Once the payment process is completed, you will receive a call to book an appointment.
Please Note: There are no refunds and 48 hours notice is required for a single postponement.
*If you are unsure of this service you may have a FREE 10 minute telephone consultation appointment to determine if you qualify for the 1 hour and 20 minutes appointment. Please call 416-601-0201 to book this call.
