Here's what WON'T happen during a hearing test. image: Bundesinnung Hörakustiker No one will use a needle, and there will be no request to take off your clothes. Here's what WILL happen: An audiologist will check to make sure you don’t have a build-up of wax in your ears before taking you into an acoustic testing chamber that cuts out outside noise. You’ll put on headphones that cover your ears and listen to tones. You’ll indicate when you first hear the tone. She’ll start at

Hair cells play a critical role in our hearing. When they are damaged, doctors say they act like blades of grass. When someone walks on grass, the blades initially lie down and then bounce back up. But if you keep walking that same path repeatedly, the grass will stay down. Hair cells are the same way. If you send waves of sound from the outside without an opportunity for the cells to recover, then you rip them out through excessive noise. Hair cells do not grow back.

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