Why should I have a full audiological evaluation?
A full audiologic evaluation will tell us the degree of your hearing loss, the type of your hearing loss, and how clear your remaining hearing allows speech to be. This information helps us determine appropriate follow up for you. There are hearing losses that can be treated medically and hearing losses for which surgery is recommended. It is important that we rule out these options for you prior to considering any amplification. A basic test done for the purpose of selling hearing aids will not give us this information. This information must be provided by a licensed audiologist, often a doctor of Audiology.
