Help me understand my hearing test results

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I got a copy of my latest hearing test when I went in to be evaluated for a CI. I'm in the process of getting one now.

But I was hoping I can find help in understand how to read my hearing test graph. I understand the "O" means right ear and the "X" means left. But beyond that I really don't understand how to read it. With the Arrows and where is "Normal" hearing (As in speech) in the frequencies?

I did my best to make an image of my test results with photoshop. It didn't turn out very readable when I tried to scan my results. Here's an image of my test results.

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I'm not sure what "Masked" and "Unmasked" means.

Thanks for any help you can give.

Ron
 
Right=Deep Ski Slope Left=Profuond Accoss the Board

To me your audiogram looks like Right=Deep Ski Slope Left=Profuond Accoss the Board.
 
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Thank you C-Nice. That was a big help.

No wonder my Audi said "Woh". LOL

She was surprised because we talked before hand and she said judging by my speech and ability to have that conversation with her. She didn't expect me to have that profound of hearing loss. In truth she was just easy to read.
 
Have you not had profound hearing loss all your life then?
 
Heh... thanks for posting that!

I was trying to figure out my chart after I sent it to the UVic's student services. No wonder why I am classified as severe-profound.
 
DeafLissa90 said:
Have you not had profound hearing loss all your life then?
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I haven't been profound all my life. I found out I needed hearing aids in 4th grade. Went through a number of hearing aids until my late teens as my hearing loss progressed. Between 15 and 20 years ago my hearing made a big drop. During that 5 year span my hearing dropped from Moderate hearing loss to profound then to severe. So I've been deaf a little over 15 years now (I'm 38).

I got tired of new hearing aid after new hearing aid. All they where allowing me to do is hear loud sounds like car horns. So it wasn't very useful so I just stopped wearing them. So the above test was the first test I've had in about 12 years of so.

Thanks again for the help.

Ron
 
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Oh I see, thanks for taking time to explain! You're profoundly deaf in both ears( i think) not sure what the squiggly lines are for. I hope someone comes along and explains more fully
 
Yes, I'm waiting right now for insurance to authorize it. So I'm just waiting for that letter to come in the mail with the schedule of my surgery.
 
You have no residual hearing in either ear. You mention you haven't worn HAs in 12 years, right? Any results a CI gives would be an improvement over no hearing.
 
Thank you.

Yea, the last things I remember hearing with my HA's where just lound noises like car horns, loud motor cycles and one of my ex girlfriends (That last one is a joke. :) ).

But they didn't help me hear anything I'd really want to hear.

I have high hopes for the CI but I'm realistic enough to know I still won't be able to hear a lot of things. I'm just hoping that the combination of a little sound and lip reading will make conversations a little easier. And of course hearing other sounds I'm sure I'll be able to pick up to some degree.
 
Hello Ron,

It's good to see you're going in with realistic expectations.

I'm sure you will do well. :)
 
Phi4Sius said:
Hello Ron,

It's good to see you're going in with realistic expectations.

I'm sure you will do well. :)
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I second this. Good luck Ron and I wish you the best! I totally support CIs for those with no residual hearing.
 
The lightning bolt looking symbols are bone conduction symbols and they mean that at the limit of the bone conduction equipment, you had no response.
This means that your hearing loss is purely sensorineural, due do damage in the cochlea or cochlear nerve.

The other symbols mean that you had no response at the limits of the equipment. You probably sat in the hearing booth for 5 minutes and heard nothing. If you had hears something the audiologist would have marked an x or o without the arrow.

The SDT is "Speech Detection Threshold" is the minimum sound you need to know that someone is talking. Your SDT is 105 dB.

I have no idea why it says 100% in the SDT for the right ear. Maybe you interpreted the audiologists bad handwriting of "dB" as "%"? That would make sense.

Your audiologist didn't use masking. Masking is used if one ear is better than another because it is hard to figure out how bad hearing is in one ear if the other ear is near normal.
For example- if someone's left ear has a hearing loss of 70 dB but their right ear is normal, you have to mask the right ear because it would be able to hear the 70 dB when the left ear is being tested. If the ear wasn't masked, the loud sound would travel to the good ear and the person would report hearing something BUT they heard it in their good ear.

C-NICE a ski slope loss would look more like this:
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Good luck with your CI! The fact that you used to have residual hearing makes you much more likely to have great results especially compared to what would happen if you had been profoundly deaf your whole life.
 
Thank you very much. That helped a lot.

It's good to know my hearing loss is purely sensorineural. I'd imagine that would mean I'd likely have better results with the CI.

And yea, When I was growing up my hearing loss was little more then an annouyance. I went to normal public schools, played saxophone in the school band, listened to music, played gruitar talked on the phone and everything. So I know what things sounded like back in the 80's. LOL
 
We're not still in the 80s? Damn! Good luck, Ron!
 
faire_jour said:
And I totally support a CI for anyone who wants one. It is your decision not deafdude's.
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What's with the snide comment? There is absolutely no need to single him out.

I support anyone that want a CI, as long it is an informed decision and is after the age of reason.

Glad you are going ahead with it. I got turned down for CI because audiologists are unsure how I would be able to handle the sounds if I am already too hyper-sensitive to touch, smell, vibrations, light particles and the residual hearing I do have.

Bet you are looking forward to getting those memories revived!
 
souggy said:
What's with the snide comment? There is absolutely no need to single him out.

I support anyone that want a CI, as long it is an informed decision and is after the age of reason.

Glad you are going ahead with it. I got turned down for CI because audiologists are unsure how I would be able to handle the sounds if I am already too hyper-sensitive to touch, smell, vibrations, light particles and the residual hearing I do have.

Bet you are looking forward to getting those memories revived!
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Sounds like you have sensory integration issues. Some occupational/physical therapy can help with that (at least it works in kids).
 
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