How Does a Doctor Test for Hearing Loss?
If a doctor thinks that a baby or child may have hearing loss, the doctor will recommend that the parents take him or her to an audiologist. An audiologist (say: awd-ee-ah-luh-jist) is someone who is specially trained to test and help with the problems related to hearing loss. A pediatric audiologist tests a child’s hearing by doing different types of tests. They even have hearing tests for babies! Maybe you’ve had a hearing test, when you wore headphones and had to raise your left or right hand to show that you could hear in each ear. If an audiologist finds that a child has hearing loss, he or she will recommend treatment and suggest the family work with a special team. This team can help figure out the best way for the kid to learn and communicate.
