What Happens After You Take a Hearing Test?

So you have gone through the trouble of booking a hearing test appointment, showing up at the audiologist’s office and taking the test. Now you are wondering what happens next! Well, there are a number of things that happen after you take your hearing test, including the list below.

1. The audiologist will go over the results with you

In most cases, the audiologist should be able to easily interpret the results of your hearing test immediately or soon after they come through. The audiologist will take a minute to look at them and then will discuss the results of your test with you.

2. Recommendations will be made

Based on the results of your hearing test, the audiologist will make recommendations to you for what to do next. If your hearing test results show no hearing loss, then the audiologist will most likely recommend that you just keep doing what you are doing and that no interventions are required. However, if your hearing tests reveal that there is some hearing loss is there, then your audiologist may recommend that you get hearing aids, make lifestyle changes and maybe even change some medications that you are taking.

3. Hearing aid selection and fitting

If your audiologist recommends that you get hearing aids, the next step will be to choose a hearing aid model with the help of the audiologist. After that, you will be advised to attend a hearing aid fitting appointment to have your hearing aids personally fit to your ears and then be programmed for you by the audiologist.

4. Hearing aid trial period

After you have received your hearing aids, made sure that they fit and had them programmed by the audiologist, the next step will be to try them out for a trial period. During this period, you will wear your hearing aids in a variety of acoustic environments, and make sure that they are working as they should be. If they are not, then you can tell your audiologist at the follow-up appointment and the audiologist can fix them.

A hearing test is important to determining if you have an impairment present and what treatment will be best for your particular needs. Talk more with your audiologist about the testing process and what you can expect after.