Ask the Audiologist
If you have questions about hearing loss, tests, hearing aid etc. we give you the opportunity to question the audiologist.
However, we emphasize that this service do not stand in for normal and regular consultations with your audiologist.
We hope you will find our site useful.
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Dear Audiologist,
A bit about myself: I am 36 years. In year 2000 I for the first time started experiencing ringing in my ears which was shortly followed by some loss of hearing. I saw the first ENT specialist in 2001. The doctor told me that I had mild hearing loss and she said she suspected it was because of caking of my earbones. At the time she also said it would not be appropriate to recommend a hearing aid.
I have had visits to other doctors in my country (Tanzania) aproximately once every two years since then.
I struggle a lot to make sense of words when people speak to me and especially when they are not facing me. My work involves a lot of interactions with other people and I feel so embarassed that I can't cope at times with communication and I have to ask people to repeat themselves many times.
A doctor I recently visited suggested that I might be a candidate for a hearing aid. However appropriate tests are not available here so he suggested I try to get in touch.
I would like to book an appointment for a hearing test but also would like to know how much I would need for it.
Could you kindly inform me about the the cost of the hearing test and in case I might need to use a hearing aid, what it is likely to cost me to get one?
Thanks in advance,
Rose