Help me interpret my audiogram...

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This is a scan of my audiogram from 2008. I've never had this explained to me before, so I'm kind of curious what people will say about these 'chicken scratches'.

I have been told that my hearing loss is 'severe-to-profound'. That's all I know.
 

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20-24% speech discrimination with that much of a loss is pretty darn good. Is that with or without visual cues?
 
TheWriteAlex said:
20-24% speech discrimination with that much of a loss is pretty darn good. Is that with or without visual cues?
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No visual cues. I would be in a sound booth facing away from the audiologist, listening to a headset.

Edit: Well, occasionally, I might see the audiologist, but he would cover his mouth with a sheet of paper or something. I could see lines of movement on his face though.
 
Ok, wait a second... don't audiologists create two audiograms, one without hearing aids and one with hearing aids? How do I know which one this is?

And what kind of visual cues would an audiologist use during a test?

What affects speech discrimination? Seems to me that if I'm deaf, why would my speech discrimination be better than someone else's at the same level of deafness? Is it the brain that takes over from there?

I need to ask a lot of questions of my new audiologist next time I go in. :)
 
I've never had an audiogram done with my hearing aids on, always without. I do, however, have an audiometer at my work that I can take self tests with. But obviously I cannot do a speech discrimination self test. :lol:
 
Cheetah said:
I've never had an audiogram done with my hearing aids on, always without. I do, however, have an audiometer at my work that I can take self tests with. But obviously I cannot do a speech discrimination self test. :lol:
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I just thought they would, to determine how much it has "improved" your hearing. I've been in the booth before with hearing aids, so I thought that was an audiogram as well.

Interesting, I didn't know about audiometers...
 
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DeafBadger said:
Cheetah said:
I've never had an audiogram done with my hearing aids on, always without. I do, however, have an audiometer at my work that I can take self tests with. But obviously I cannot do a speech discrimination self test. :lol:
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I just thought they would, to determine how much it has "improved" your hearing. I've been in the booth before with hearing aids, so I thought that was an audiogram as well.

Interesting, I didn't know about audiometers...
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The audiometer is the device they use to test your hearing, the results are recorded as an audiogram.
 
Cheetah said:
The audiometer is the device they use to test your hearing, the results are recorded as an audiogram.
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Shows how much I know! :) I thought the audiogram was done with a device with a big bank of controls and dials that took up half a wall, not a smaller "personal sized" device.
 
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DeafBadger said:
Cheetah said:
The audiometer is the device they use to test your hearing, the results are recorded as an audiogram.
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Shows how much I know! :) I thought the audiogram was done with a device with a big bank of controls and dials that took up half a wall, not a smaller "personal sized" device.
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ROFL! After I sent that reply, I realized how stupid I was! I thought you were going to slap me silly! I loved that response!!!
 
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