Hearing Assessments
At the VOC we specialize in evaluating deaf and hard-of-hearing children. This includes testing in the areas of hearing, speech, language, reading and learning. Our evaluation team meets with parents to discuss their child’s needs and to identify ways to individualize the child’s school programme.
Our Hearing Assessments can help parents learn:
- How their child is doing
- What level skills their child currently has
- What services to ask for
- How their child can get the most out of school
- How to effectively advocate for their child
For your child, questions will be asked about:
- Speech and language development
- Health history
- Auditory behaviour
- Any previous hearing screening or testing results
The Hearing Tests
- Otoscopic examination
- Acoustic immittance audiometry
- Pure-tone Audiometry (air and bone conduction)
- Speech awareness/reception threshold
- Word recognition measure
- Behavioural observation, reinforcement and conditioned play audiometry
Audiological evaluation is also carried out for purposes of monitoring an already identified hearing loss. Once a particular hearing loss has been identified, a treatment and management plan is put into place. The plan may include referrals for medical or surgical intervention, hearing aids, skills development through aural (audiologic) habilitation/rehabilitation, or simply monitoring of the condition through periodic assessment.
