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The first step is for your GP to actually examine your ear. Having an tool with a at the end, called an or otoscope, they will search for anything that's not regular, including; release, a ear drum, perforated ear drum or an object that may be blocking the ear.
You may also be asked about any pain or discomfort which you may be experiencing.
Tests include whispering or ticking watch, tuning hand, audiometry or bone oscillator:
Whispering or employing a ticking watch. One hearing at the same time will be blocked and the nurse or doctor will test your hearing with sounds of different quantities. In the whispering test, you may need to repeat what out loud, when you hear them whispered.
Tuning fork. A tuning fork is just a Y-shaped metallic object which, when utilized, produces sound waves at a fixed pitch. It's usually employed for tuning instruments. Health practitioners work with a tuning fork by touching it on the shoulder or knee, to make it vibrate, then keeping it at each side of your mind. It'll be placed first in the air near your head, to see how well you hear sounds that are transmitted through air vibrations. Then it could be held to the bone behind your ear (mastoid bone) to observe how you may hear when the waves are sent to your inner ear through the bone.
Audiometry. In this test you're given earphones to wear, which are mounted on a device. Sounds of different quantities (volume) are performed through the earphones, and you have to indicate whether you heard them. It's likely you have to improve a hand or press a key. Children might have to go a coloured block.
Bone oscillator. A somewhat different test can be used to test how well you hear sounds which are sent through the bone as opposed to the air. This uses a musical instrument called a bone oscillator placed contrary to the bone behind your ear. relevant webpage