The Journey of a Hearing Test and Beyond: Your Partnership with Allison Audiology
The benefits of working with hearing health experts for better hearing, better living!
The Journey of a Hearing Test and Beyond: Your Partnership with Allison Audiology
Aug 1, 2025
Addressing hearing health can be stressful, especially without knowing what’s to come. Rest assured that you aren’t alone on your hearing health journey; with us, you’re not just another patient, but a person with needs and hobbies and a life outside our doors.
Partnering with a team of professionals for your hearing health means that you always have someone in your corner to help you, from your first hearing assessment to your latest follow-up appointment.
Every journey starts somewhere, and if you’re ready to work with Houston’s leading team of audiologists, you’re in the right place!
From your first greeting at the door to getting your hearing test results, you will be guided every step of the way, ensuring your full understanding and comfort as you address your auditory challenges with our team of experts.
How Long Does a Hearing Test Take?
A hearing assessment at our clinic is comprehensive yet efficiently conducted within 30 minutes. This could take a bit longer depending on the intricacy of your hearing challenges and the number of assessments needed.
What Happens During a Hearing Test?
A Warm Welcome
Your journey starts with a warm greeting from our dedicated staff.
Your comfort and well-being are prioritized in our clinic, and you’ll be able to enjoy our comfortable waiting room as you prepare for your consultation.
Our friendly front desk staff are ready and willing to answer any questions you may have before your Doctor of Audiology comes to collect you for your appointment, right on time.
A Friendly Conversation
The next phase involves an in-depth discussion with your hearing specialist. This conversation is crucial in piecing together a comprehensive picture of factors potentially affecting your hearing.
Your daily life, work environment, hobbies, medical history, and any familial hearing issues will be discussed; it's a safe space where you're encouraged to express concerns, describe symptoms, and understand what to expect in your assessment.
A Look Into Your Ears
Following our conversation, we’ll use an otoscope, a magnification tool with a light, to examine your ear canals. This examination can quickly uncover common issues such as wax buildup or foreign objects.
Starting by checking for these simple obstructions means we can often resolve the immediate hearing problem with a straightforward cleaning or minor procedure.
Everyone’s ears are unique; by taking a look inside your ear canals, we can see if infection, earwax, or other obtrusions have led to hearing challenges. Rest easy knowing that our team is here to help, every step of the way.
Precision in Hearing Tests
To accurately diagnose and assess your hearing acuity, you will undergo several hearing tests to pinpoint the nature and degree of hearing loss, as well as to determine how well you discern speech amid various sound environments.
Some of the assessments that we employ include:
Tympanometry: This evaluates the health of your middle ear and the ability of your eardrum to move in response to pressure changes.
Pure-Tone Audiometry: This test checks the quietest tones you can hear at different pitches, both through air conduction and bone conduction.
Word Recognition Testing: Your audiologist transmits spoken words at different pitches and volumes through your headphones; you repeat or respond to the ones you hear to help determine how well you understand speech.
Bone Conduction Testing: This test allows your audiologist to bypass your hearing pathway and transmit sounds directly to the inner ear, which will help rule out or confirm sensorineural hearing loss.
Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs): These are faint sounds the inner ear generates in response to external stimuli, showing the health of your cochlea.
With extensive assessments, you can rest assured that your hearing is comprehensively tested, so that your results are as detailed and personalized as possible to your unique hearing needs.
A Discussion About Your Results
Post-assessment, your audiologist will present your results in a detailed but clear manner. You’re encouraged to ask any questions you have about your results; we know it can be puzzling to decipher them at first! Your audiologist will help you understand what your hearing capabilities are and what your ears need to succeed.
This discussion outlines not just the state of your hearing but also the next steps in treatment or management. Regardless of whether your results show hearing loss, you will be offered protective strategies to maintain your current hearing levels or recommended effective interventions to enhance your hearing capabilities.
With results in hand, your hearing health journey begins— you can rest easy knowing that you’ve taken steps to protect your hearing for the long term. You’ll be invited back for annual hearing tests and follow-ups as needed, so that no matter what your ears need, you can rely on our team of experts to see it through!
Invest in Your Hearing Health Today
Hearing is an integral part of communication and overall life quality; protect your auditory future by scheduling a hearing assessment today.
By partnering with a team of experts with your best interests at heart, you can see not only long-lasting results for your hearing health, but benefits to your overall health and the relief that you know your audiologist has your back as your co-pilot on your hearing health journey.
To get started with our team, please don’t hesitate to request a callback and get your questions answered. Don’t want to wait? Give us a call at (713) 804-8097.
