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What is an audiogram?<\/h2>\n

You have taken the first steps towards addressing your hearing loss\u00a0and had your hearing tested, but what do the results mean?<\/p>\n

After you have had your hearing tested, the results should be explained to you by the audiologist\u00a0during your appointment. However, sometimes it is difficult to remember what it all means. Here is some helpful information for understanding your test results.<\/p>\n

Your results will be presented on an audiogram, which is essentially a graph of the softest sounds that you can hear. The audiogram is laid out like a piano across the top with the low frequencies (low pitches) on the left and the high frequencies (high pitches) on the right.
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\nThe vowel sounds in speech tend to be low pitch sounds and the consonants tend to be high pitch sounds. One helpful tip to remember is that V<\/strong>owels bring V<\/strong>olume and C<\/strong>onsonants bring C<\/strong>larity.<\/p>\n

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Volume is\u00a0down the side with the softest sounds a person can hear at the top of the graph and the loudest sounds at the bottom. As you move down the graph your hearing loss increases in severity. The degree of hearing loss can range from a mild hearing loss to a profound hearing loss.<\/p>\n

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Normal hearing<\/td>\n0 to 20 dB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mild<\/td>\n21 to 40 dB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moderate<\/td>\n41 to 55 dB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moderately-severe<\/td>\n56 to 70 dB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Severe<\/td>\n71 to 90 dB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Profound<\/td>\n91+ dB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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How does it explain my hearing loss?<\/h2>\n

It is obviously important to have information for each ear individually, and the graph can be \u201cread\u201d by thinking about where the responses fall according to pitch and loudness. Left ear responses are marked with X\u2019s and right ear responses are marked with O\u2019s.\u00a0Here are some examples of different hearing configurations\u2026<\/p>\n

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Putting it all together\u2026<\/h2>\n

When you take the degree and configuration of hearing loss into account along with what we know about the importance of consonants vs vowels, you can then summarize the potential impact that a person\u2019s hearing loss will have on their ability to communicate.<\/p>\n

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After having your hearing tested, your hearing healthcare provider should review the results with you. If you have any questions, ask for further explanation. Understanding your hearing loss is an important step that will help you make more successful and appropriate treatment decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is an audiogram? You have taken the first steps towards addressing your hearing loss\u00a0and had your hearing tested, but what do the results mean? After you have had your hearing tested, the results should be explained to you by the audiologist\u00a0during your appointment. However, sometimes it is difficult to remember what it all means….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Understanding the Audiogram | Arizona Hearing Specialists","_seopress_titles_desc":"The audiogram is laid out like a piano across the top with the low frequencies (low pitches) on the left and the high frequencies (high pitches) on the right.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7758,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions\/7758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arizonahearing.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}