Your Better Hearing Journey Starts with A Hearing Assessment

Every good journey begins somewhere. For better hearing outcomes, begin with a comprehensive hearing test to understand your current range of hearing.

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With a complete understanding of your unique hearing challenges, you and your audiologist can work together to craft a treatment plan that ensures stronger, clearer hearing for life.

Even just one hearing evaluation will give you comprehensive knowledge of how your hearing is faring, so you can keep tabs on it as time goes on. By building a trusting relationship with your audiologist, you can work as a team to optimize your hearing health.

Frequently Asked Questions About Hearing Loss and Hearing Tests

Are there different forms of hearing loss?

What is conductive hearing loss?

What is sensorineural hearing loss?

What is mixed hearing loss?

Can hearing loss go away without a hearing aid?

How long will my hearing test take?

What are some of the tests used to diagnose hearing loss?

What Happens During a Hearing Evaluation?

Your first hearing assessment from one of our doctors of audiology will be the first of many during your hearing health journey. With over 70 years of gold-standard local hearing care, we’re constantly evolving and refining our process to ensure your hearing evaluation is as comprehensive and thorough as possible.

With further hearing tests down the line, you’ll be able to understand how your hearing changes over time, and we can take steps together to help optimize it.

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Berkeley Hearing Center’s Hearing Evaluation Process

A Conversation About You

Our hearing evaluation process begins by getting to know you as our patient: your occupation, your hobbies and interests, social activities, and a discussion about your medical history to do with hearing loss. We’ll also chat about any family members with similar challenges and how hearing loss affects your day-to-day life.

This conversation not only helps us get to know you better (we love meeting new people!) but also allows us to understand possible causes for your hearing loss, and it also helps us to further customize your treatment to fit your unique needs.

A Physical Assessment of Your Ears

Your audiologist will then perform a physical examination of your ears with an otoscope. With this, we can rule out inflammation or infection as the cause of your hearing loss, as well as clear out any impacted earwax or obstructions that could’ve caused conductive hearing loss.

Diagnostic Tests of Your Hearing

We’ll then move on to the diagnostic hearing tests to measure and record the levels of your hearing loss. With different technologies and techniques to zero in on your specific type and severity of hearing loss, you’ll be able to understand your current range of hearing and what you need to do to help optimize it.

Your hearing test will be painless, and you will be seated for almost the entirety of the test. Diagnostic tests may include tympanometry, pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry, bone conduction testing, otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) testing, and/or auditory brainstem response (ABR) testing.

Discussing Your Results and Next Steps

Your treatment options depend on your results, and we’ll work with you to develop a plan of action to meet your specific goals for better hearing. Options include amplification (e.g., hearing aids), minor surgical procedures, pharmaceutical intervention, hearing protection, or other advanced forms of treatment.

Hearing care is far more than just great technology; a partnership with a team of passionate audiologists who support and guide you to make informed choices about your treatment options is what helps our patients soar!

Helping Our Community Hear Better - One Story at a Time

We’re proud to help local people rediscover the sounds they’ve been missing. From reconnecting with loved ones to enjoying the little details of everyday life, every patient’s journey to better hearing is unique—and inspiring.

Discover real stories from our community and see how better hearing has transformed lives.

"Achieving better hearing has taken the strain away and I am thankful to Berkeley Hearing Center"

Thomas L.

"They are good people, highly competent medical staff, friendly, efficient, and helpful support staff."

Wigbert S.

"My first impression of Berkeley Hearing Center was that it was very friendly and welcoming. I was really impressed at how quickly I was recognized by staff – even over the phone…"

Ryann C.

Helping Our Community Hear Better - One Story at a Time

Discover real stories from our community and see how better hearing has transformed lives.

"Achieving better hearing has taken the strain away and I am thankful to Berkeley Hearing Center"

Thomas L.

"They are good people, highly competent medical staff, friendly, efficient, and helpful support staff."

Wigbert S.

"My first impression of Berkeley Hearing Center was that it was very friendly and welcoming. I was really impressed at how quickly I was recognized by staff – even over the phone…"

Ryann C.

Helping Our Community Hear Better - One Story at a Time

Discover real stories from our community and see how better hearing has transformed lives.

"Achieving better hearing has taken the strain away and I am thankful to Berkeley Hearing Center"

Thomas L.

"They are good people, highly competent medical staff, friendly, efficient, and helpful support staff."

Wigbert S.

"My first impression of Berkeley Hearing Center was that it was very friendly and welcoming. I was really impressed at how quickly I was recognized by staff – even over the phone…"

Ryann C.

Schedule Your Hearing Evaluation Today

A comprehensive hearing assessment will not only provide you with the truth about your hearing challenges – it is the crucial first step in your hearing health journey, helping you lay the groundwork for what your ears need to succeed.

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(510) 841-0681

2748 San Pablo Avenue Berkeley, CA 94702

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Expert advice, helpful guides, and the latest insights to support your hearing health and well-being.

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Berkeley Hearing Center’s Hearing Evaluation Process

A Conversation About You

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A Physical Assessment of Your Ears

Diagnostic Tests of Your Hearing

Discussing Your Results and Next Steps

You’ll get your results on the same day, ensuring that you can quickly start to make moves to help your hearing further. Your audiologist will show you the printed results of your hearing test, discuss what your results mean, and answer any questions you may have regarding the hearing challenges you’ve been experiencing. Your treatment options depend on your results, and we’ll work with you to develop a plan of action to meet your specific goals for better hearing. Options include amplification (e.g., hearing aids), minor surgical procedures, pharmaceutical intervention, hearing protection, or other advanced forms of treatment. Hearing care is far more than just great technology; a partnership with a team of passionate audiologists who support and guide you to make informed choices about your treatment options is what helps our patients soar!