What to Expect at Your Initial Hearing Evaluation

In this episode, Dr. Delfino and Blaise Delfino Discuss: 

• The emotions and anxieties patients often experience prior to their hearing evaluation
• What a comprehensive audiological evaluation looks like 
• The battery of tests essential in making an accurate hearing loss diagnosis 

Making the initial appointment for a hearing evaluation can be overwhelming: 

• "Who can I trust?" 
• "What if I actually have hearing loss?" 
• "My friends wear hearing aids and they don't really like them. I'll just wait." 
• "I can wait another few years, I get by just fine!"
• "I can hear, people just mumble!"

These are statements and challenges that we hear in the clinic on a daily basis. If you're listening to this podcast episode, you need to commend yourself! Taking this important first step towards better hearing is essential!

With over 35 years of experience as an audiologist, Dr. Delfino has diagnosed and treated thousands of patients. In this episode, he brings us through the process of a comprehensive audiological evaluation.

Episode References:

Katherine Bouton: 

Katherine Bouton is an advocate and educator for the deaf and hard of hearing. Her most recent book is “Smart Hearing: Strategies, Skills and Resources for Living Better with Hearing Loss” (October 2018).  Smart Hearingis an up-to-the-minute guide to the rapidly changing world of  hearing aids, including over -the-counter hearing aids., “hearables”, cochlear implants and assistive hearing devices.  Many of these new devices not only help you hear better but allow you to communicate wirelessly with your smart phone and household devices.

She is also the author of “Shouting Won’t Help,”(2013), a memoir  of losing her hearing in midlife and how it affected her, and of “”Living Better with Hearing Loss” (2013).  Katherine’s books are available at Amazon.com or at your favorite independent bookstore.

Her 40 year career in journalism began at The New Yorker and concluded with 22 years at The New York Times. She travelled the world as a free-lance magazine writer in the years between her employment at those two institutions.

Katherine is a frequent speaker on hearing loss issues, and speaks to both professional groups and hearing loss groups. She can be reached at katherinebouton@gmail.com.

She is President of the New York City Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America and is a member of the national Board of Trustees of HLAA.

Connect with Dr. Gregory Delfino, CCC -A and Blaise Delfino, M.S. - HIS:

Website: https://audiologyservicespa.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hearingmatterspodcast/

Email: Blaise@audiologyservicesllcpa.com