Hearing loss

The difficulties related with verifying the direction which sound comes from is the reason for having a hearing test done.

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Hearing problems affect people of all ages.

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Correct localisation of sound is not important in everyday life and does not affect one’s sense of security in any way.

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Speech audiometry is carried out complementary to pure tone audiometry.

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An audiogram is a graphical representation of the patient’s hearing ability.

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An otoscope is used to look into the ears.

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Pure tone audiometry is carried out simultaneously for each ear.

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Difficulties with understanding what other people are saying might be a symptom of a hearing loss.

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Hearing ... are becoming more and more common these days.

• impairments

• ability

• sight

• music

Hearing examinations fall into two categories: objective and ... .

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• object

• subject

• subjective