Every hearing assessment is tailored to your symptoms, medical history and hearing concerns. Depending on your individual needs, your appointment may include a combination of the following assessments.

Before testing your hearing, we’ll carefully examine your ear canals and eardrums using otoscopy. This allows us to identify conditions such as excessive ear wax, infection, inflammation or abnormalities that may be affecting your hearing.

Where appropriate, we’ll show you live images of your ear canal and eardrum, allowing you to see exactly what we see and helping you better understand your ear health.

When clinically appropriate, we assess how well your eardrum and middle ear are functioning. This helps identify conditions such as fluid behind the eardrum, Eustachian tube dysfunction or problems affecting the movement of the middle ear system.

Using pure tone audiometry, we determine the quietest sounds you can hear across a range of frequencies. This helps us identify the type, degree and pattern of any hearing loss.

If hearing loss is detected, we may carry out additional testing to determine whether it originates in the outer or middle ear, or within the inner ear itself. This information is essential in reaching an accurate diagnosis and deciding on the most appropriate management.

Some people experience sensitivity to everyday sounds, while others require hearing aids to be programmed within comfortable listening levels. Measuring your tolerance to louder sounds helps us tailor any future hearing rehabilitation safely and accurately.

If hearing aids are likely to help, we’ll discuss the technologies available and demonstrate how modern hearing solutions may improve your ability to communicate in everyday situations. There is no obligation to proceed with treatment.

At the end of your appointment, we’ll explain your results in clear, straightforward language and discuss the most appropriate next steps. This may include reassurance, hearing rehabilitation, wax removal, hearing protection, tinnitus management or referral for further medical investigation if required.

A hearing test produces far more than an audiogram.

Your results are interpreted alongside your symptoms, medical history, lifestyle and communication needs to build a complete understanding of your hearing health. This ensures every recommendation is based not only on your test results, but also on how your hearing affects your everyday life.