How Hearing Testing Could Change Your Life
A laughing baby…
Your favorite TV show. A heart-to-heart with your best friend. Rain tapping on the windows or crickets chirping on a summer night—sound brings color and meaning to life.
If you’ve been missing these moments, you’re not alone. Hearing loss can slowly disconnect you from the people and world around you, leaving you feeling isolated and frustrated. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
At Hearing Wellness Center, with clinics in Cloquet, Duluth, Hermantown, and Bemidji, MN, and Superior, WI, we’re here to help you and your loved ones reconnect through better hearing. Everything we do—from the professionals we hire and the hearing aids we fit, to the personalized care plans we create—is centered on helping you hear better and live more fully.
It all begins with a comprehensive hearing evaluation and a meaningful conversation about your lifestyle, goals, and preferences. Whether you’re seeking your first hearing test or exploring new technology, our team is ready to guide you every step of the way.
Let us help you rediscover the sounds that make life rich. Schedule your hearing consultation today.
What Happens During A Hearing Test?
When your hearing exam begins, we’ll review key personal information with you and ask you a few questions to discover the specific types of environments where you may be experiencing hearing loss and hearing impairment.
Next, we may look into your ears with an otoscope, a special instrument to see the ear canal and the eardrum, and/or perform one of the tests below.
Audiometric Test
During this hearing test, you’ll be tested using a series of low and high frequency words to determine your ability to understand verbiage within a short distance (as in a conversation). We’ll also give you several words to repeat. The results will help us determine your percentage of hearing loss, your ability to understand speech and if hearing aids will help you.
Tympanometry
Tympanometry is a hearing test that creates variations of air pressure in the ear canal to check the condition of the middle ear, the mobility of the eardrum (tympanic membrane) and the conduction bones.
Your Hearing Test Results
We’ll record the results of your hearing test on a form called an audiogram, which we will review with you. The audiogram reflects your hearing loss in frequencies and decibels. We’ll show you the type, pattern and degree of hearing loss, as well as the percentage of normal conversational speech that you’re still able to hear. We will then relate these results to your concerns about your hearing.
Next, we’ll consider treatment solutions. You can count on our team to take the time necessary to understand your concerns so that they can provide you with everything you need to make an informed personal decision.
Schedule a hearing test with our board certified audiologist and discover how much sound you’ve been missing… and how much more you could be hearing.
Why wait? You don't have to live with hearing loss.