Tone Test - This assesment test for high-frequency hearing loss, the most common form of hearing loss. Self Assessment Test - The self-assessment test is a means of quickly assessing if you require a full audiometric assessment.
Tips for using the Online Hearing Tests
We have provided some online tests that will help you identify whether you have a hearing loss that is affecting your like. It is important to remember that these tests, while based on research, are not a substitute for a hearing assessment conducted by a Hearing Care Professional.
Here are some tips to help you achieve the most accurate possible results: -
Tone Test
- Do this in a quiet room
- Use 'insert headphones', or standard headphones, if you have them available
- Do one ear first and then repeat the process for the other ear - you may greater hearing loss in one ear
- Take time to set the “Calibration Tone” to a barely audible level
Self Assessment Test
This test is based on research#, yet relies totally on your honest answering of each question to help determine how hearing loss may be affecting your life.
Next steps
Should either test recommend that you arrange a hearing test, remember that there is no charge for your hearing assessment at any of our 160 locations throughout Australia.
# Source: Adapted from Ventry, I, Weinstein B. (1983). Identification of elderly people with hearing problems. ©American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, July, 37-42..