CAA Audiometry Report & pre-employment hearing tests
What is involved in your CAA or pre employment hearing test?
Your CAA audiometry report is a full diagnostic hearing assessment which measures your overall hearing levels and if there is hearing loss it will isolate the area of the ear where the hearing impairment occurs. Before you come:
Remember to bring photo ID
Your ears will need to be clear of wax before the hearing test as we use insert ear phones.
OTOSCOPY
Where we look in your ear to check your ear canal is clear and have a look at your ear drum. We have a video otoscope and can show you a picture of your ear drum.
PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY
We measure the quietest sounds you can hear at a number of frequencies (pitches). This gives us a graph called an audiogram. We measure the overall hearing of each ear and directly measure the hearing in the inner ear, this helps us understand the cause of the hearing loss.
SPEECH AUDIOMETRY
We ask you to repeat back single words heard through the headphones, this helps us get a good understanding of how your hearing for speech.
IMMITANCE AUDIOMETRY
Measures how well you ear drum moves, we can check if there is fluid behind the ear drum (glue ear) of if there is a hole in the ear drum. This test also measures the contraction of a small muscle in the middle ear which contracts in response to loud sounds – this is called an acoustic reflex.
Time frame
We set aside half an hour for your hearing test.
Your Audiogram report
We will give you the original report to submit and will keep a copy on file for the future comparisons.
If your hearing loss is affecting your lifestyle we can discuss possible options that might suit you.
