Free Hearing Tests, Using Live Speech

Full hearing consultation will establish exactly the type and degree of hearing loss. Using a new type of hearing test called Live Speech Mapping will help provide a more accurate and insightful analysis of how people hear with and without hearing aids.

Live Speech Mapping is a fitting process that uses probe microphones and live real-time speech to allow the patient to immediately see and understand the benefits of hearing aids and fitting adjustments. Live Speech Mapping is successfully being utilised by hearing care professionals to help patients fully understand and see what they can and cannot hear.

Its vital that people have the opportunity to understand how their hearing works, and early detection is very important. Living with a hearing loss can be extremely isolating and can even lead to depression through a lack of social interaction. Live Speech Mapping, which builds upon our full and thorough hearing consultation with the use of live speech to detect and show a hearing loss.

Leightons, for example, have experienced hearing aid audiologists and offer free hearing tests that now include Live Speech Mapping. This is a relatively new method of testing for hearing loss, that rather than using standard beeps and tones, uses live speech to determine the extent of a hearing loss. This process allows for a more insightful analysis of how someone is actually hearing, and is ideal for anyone concerned about their hearing or for people who currently wear hearing aids. Live Speech Mapping will show a hearing loss in relation to speech, revealing exact words, or parts of speech that are not audible, and this can be displayed on a computer screen to allow people to actually "see how they hear".

Leightons have been using Live Speech Mapping for a several months with great results and have received excellent customer feedback, but only now have they extended this new service to all branches.

Current hearing aid wearers are amazed at how we can use this new equipment to reveal exactly how their hearing aids and set-up are working for them. Once we have assessed how someone is hearing speech in a live environment we can then make necessary adjustments to their hearing aids in order to improve their listening experience.

For people concerned about their hearing, but not yet wearing hearing aids, Live Speech Mapping is a great way to show which parts of everyday speech are not being heard.

Leightons also offer a free haring aid demonstration for people that have a hearing loss and wish to see how hearing aids might help.

So if you are interested in learning more about how well you are actually hearing with your current hearing aids, or are concerned about your hearing, contact Leightons for a free hearing test. And remember it's not a quick 5-minute hearing test, but a full professional evaluation of your hearing using advanced diagnostic equipment via fully qualified hearing aid audiologists.