A hearing test (audiometry) finds the softest sound you hear at each pitch, checks your middle ear and tests how clearly you understand words. It takes about 30 minutes in a sound-treated booth, and you leave with a printed audiogram.
Right earLeft earEveryday speech
A full hearing test is not one test. Each check answers a different question.
We start with a short chat: when you noticed it, which ear, any ringing, dizziness or noise at work. That tells us what to look for. At the end we go through the audiogram with you and anyone you bring, and you take a printed copy home.
Pure tone audiometry is the main hearing test. You sit in a sound-treated booth wearing headphones. The audiologist plays beeps from low pitch (250 Hz, like a drum) to high pitch (8000 Hz, like a bird). Each beep gets softer until you can only just hear it. That softest level, in decibels, is your threshold for that pitch.
We test each ear on its own. We then repeat the test with a small vibrating band behind the ear, called bone conduction. It skips the outer and middle ear and goes straight to the inner ear. If both results match, the loss is in the inner ear or the nerve (sensorineural). If bone conduction is much better, something in the outer or middle ear is blocking sound (conductive), such as wax or fluid. That difference decides whether a hearing aid or an ENT doctor is the right next step.
Tympanometry checks the middle ear, the small air space behind the eardrum. A soft rubber tip sits at the entrance of your ear canal and gently changes the air pressure for a few seconds. The machine measures how the eardrum moves. A flat result can mean fluid behind the eardrum, a blocked Eustachian tube or a hole in the eardrum. The same probe can measure the acoustic reflex, a tiny muscle response to loud sound that helps confirm where a hearing problem sits. It is quick and painless, and it matters most for children and anyone with a recent cold or blocked feeling.
Two people can have the same audiogram and understand speech very differently. Speech audiometry finds the softest level at which you can repeat simple words, then checks how many words you get right at a comfortable volume. A good word score means a hearing aid is likely to help a lot. A low score tells us to set honest expectations, and sometimes to look at other options such as a cochlear implant.
It is the chart you take home. The lower a mark sits, the louder a sound had to be.
Early loss takes the quiet high consonants first. Vowels still come through, so speech sounds loud but words blur.
Red circles are your right ear. Blue crosses are your left ear. The shaded yellow band is the speech band, where the sounds of everyday conversation sit. Vowels like a and o are loud and low-pitched, on the left. Consonants like s, f and th are soft and high-pitched, on the right.
If your marks sit above the band, as in the chart at the top of this page, you hear all of speech. If marks fall into or below the band on the right, you are missing the quiet high sounds. That is why people with early hearing loss say "I can hear, but I can't understand". They hear the vowels, so speech sounds loud enough, but the consonants that tell words apart are gone.
| Average level | Grade | What it is like in a quiet room |
|---|---|---|
| Under 20 dB | Normal | Hears quiet speech without trouble |
| 20 to 34 dB | Mild | Misses soft voices, struggles in noisy rooms |
| 35 to 49 dB | Moderate | Asks people to repeat, TV turned up |
| 50 to 64 dB | Moderately severe | Misses most conversation without help |
| 65 to 79 dB | Severe | Hears only loud speech |
| 80 to 94 dB | Profound | Hears very loud sounds only |
An audiologist measures hearing. An ENT doctor treats ear disease.
Hearing that drops over hours or days needs an ENT the same day. Waiting a week can cost hearing.
Not sure? Call +91 88848 64343. We will tell you honestly whether to come to us or go to an ENT first.
Your earphones are not calibrated and your room is not silent. An online check tells you whether to book, not what you have.
Our full test is ₹800. Buy a hearing aid from us and the ₹800 is adjusted against its price.
| Test | Typical range |
|---|---|
| Pure tone audiometry at a lab | ₹400 – ₹500 |
| Audiology consultation, Electronic City clinics | ₹500 – ₹900 |
| Impedance (tympanometry) | ₹350 – ₹979 |
A beeps-only screening is not a full test with bone conduction, tympanometry and speech audiometry. Only the full test tells you the type of loss.
If an aid will help, wear one for 7 days before you pay. See hearing aid prices and government schemes.
Small things that make your result more accurate.
Same booth and team at both centres, open Mon–Sat, 9:30 am – 6:30 pm.
Same team, same equipment, same hours at both. Pick whichever is closer.
Hulimangla Road, near Sai Mandir Temple, above RxDx Multi Speciality, Hulimangala, Bengaluru 560105
Mon–Sat, 9:30 am – 6:30 pm. Sunday closed.
Lift available. Home visits available.
Closest for Hulimangla, Neeladri Nagar, Doddathoguru, Konappana Agrahara.
Ananth Nagar, above Bata showroom, opp. Udupi Aaradhya restaurant, Bengaluru 560100
Mon–Sat, 9:30 am – 6:30 pm. Sunday closed.
Upstairs, reached by stairs. There is no lift. Home visits available.
Closest for Ananth Nagar, Hebbagodi, Bommasandra, Chandapura.
A pure tone audiometry test usually costs about ₹400–500 at Bangalore diagnostic labs, and audiology consultations at Electronic City clinics are listed at ₹500–900. Our full hearing test costs ₹800, and if you buy a hearing aid from us the ₹800 is adjusted against the price of the aid.
About 30 minutes for most adults. That covers a short chat about your hearing, a look in your ears, pure tone audiometry in a sound-treated booth, and usually tympanometry and a speech test. Your audiologist explains the result before you leave.
No. You listen to beeps and words through headphones and press a button or repeat what you hear. Tympanometry is a soft probe at the entrance of the ear canal that changes the air pressure for a few seconds. Most people feel a light pressure, like on a flight.
Yes. Wax that blocks the canal can make hearing dull and can make a test read worse than your real hearing. We do not remove wax. If we see a blockage, we will ask you to see an ENT doctor first and come back for the test once the ear is clear. Please do not use ear buds, oil or candles to dig it out.
Not usually. For slowly worsening hearing in both ears, start with a hearing test. See an ENT first if you have ear pain, discharge, a blocked ear from wax, or hearing loss in only one ear. If hearing drops suddenly, go to an ENT the same day.
They are a useful first check, not a diagnosis. Phone speakers and earphones are not calibrated and your room is not quiet enough to measure the softest sounds. Our online hearing check tells you whether to book a real test. It cannot tell you the type or degree of a hearing loss.
Yes. You get a printed report with your audiogram. Some employers want a specific certificate format, so check with them first and bring the form with you.
About 30 minutes in a sound-treated booth. You leave with your audiogram and a plain answer.
