Online Hearing Test - Honest Hearing

In Australia, it's quite common to encounter advertisements in various media formats, including billboards, shopping centre posters, letterbox flyers, or even on buses that promote "Free Hearing Tests." It’s essential to understand that these no-cost tests are often not comprehensive diagnostic hearing assessments; instead, they serve as valuable hearing screening tools that provide a brief overview of your potential hearing levels. These screenings typically help determine if a referral to an audiologist for further testing and assessment is necessary. Free hearing tests may be conducted by trained screening staff rather than accredited audiologists, and they usually last about 5-10 minutes, in contrast to a full diagnostic assessment which can take 35-45 minutes.  

A complete audiologist assessment, performed in a soundproof booth with calibrated equipment by an accredited audiologist, includes several procedures such as otoscopy (visual inspection of the ear canal), testing through headphones, bone conduction measurement (where a headband sends sounds via vibration behind the ear), speech testing, middle ear pressure evaluations, and acoustic reflex testing (which involves exposing the auditory system to loud sounds to assess stapedial reflexes).  

With these details in mind, the online hearing screening tools we offer should be viewed as simply a guide, used at your own risk and discretion, as they do not substitute for a professional hearing assessment with your audiologist.