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You can get a free hearing test at any of HearingLife's 600+ locations nationwide. Appointments are available online, by call back request or by going to your nearest HearingLife center.

An online hearing test and a hearing test at a center with a licensed hearing care expert are two different things. 

An online hearing test is quick and gives an indication of how well you hear and whether a hearing assessment with a licensed hearing care expert would be relevant for you.

A hearing test at the center is conducted by a licensed hearing care expert and it gives you detailed information on how well you hear and whether you could benefit from wearing hearing aids. You get advice and recommendations based on your results. A hearing assessment at a center is aimed at those who suspect hearing loss and / or already have aids.

A hearing test is performed by a licensed hearing care expert and it consists of the following steps:

1. Discussing hearing concerns, medical history, and lifestyle factors.
2. Physical ear examination – Your hearing care provider will conduct a visual exam of your ears to understand if there are any medical explanations for your hearing loss.
3. Comprehensive hearing test – Which includes a series of tests – such as tone, speech, and word tests.

What happens at a hearing assessment

While there is no standardized test available for tinnitus detection, a hearing care expert can perform tests during a hearing consultation to assess if you have tinnitus. If tinnitus is detected, they can further assess its nature and severity.

For most people, an annual hearing assessment is recommended. If you have been fitted with hearing aids and your hearing is stable, a yearly check-up allows your hearing care professional to make any necessary adjustments.

In some cases, more frequent monitoring may be recommended—for example, if you have a condition such as Meniere's disease that can cause fluctuations in hearing over time.

While receiving a hearing test from a certified hearing care expert is the only way to confirm if you have hearing loss or not, there are online hearing screening tests available which can give you an indication of whether you might have hearing loss. The online hearing test may use background noise, tone tests, and self-evaluation questions to provide you with a result of whether you might have hearing loss. Take our online hearing test.

It is recommended that you have a hearing care expert go through and explain the results from the series of tests they performed in the initial full assessment of your hearing. Most audiograms are plotted on graphs with pitches on the horizontal axis and loudness on the vertical axis. As the plots on the graphs go further down the graph, it indicates how much louder the sound signal had to be presented to you in order for you to hear the corresponding pitch which increases along the horizontal axis.