House of Hearing recently took delivery of a brand new Otometrics Astera high frequency audiometer, along with Otometrics' latest Aurical Freefit real-ear and visible-speech-mapping system, bringing several new dimensions to the testing and verification suite in our Edinburgh office.
With Edinburgh's tram project having hit the buffers somewhat, the prospect of quietly-efficient public transport passing by on the adjoining Shandwick Place is still something of a dream, and so all testing in the new suite is done in a soundproof booth.
The new audiometer allows testing to be carried out up to 20kHz (conventional audiometers are restricted to 8kHz), bringing a more complete picture of the hearing loss, and allowing the full performance of today's state of the art hearing aids to be unleashed. Modern hearing instruments are capable of amplifying up to 8kHz and in some cases even higher.
House of Hearing staff who have tried out their hearing with the new audiometer have been somewhat dismayed by their complete inability to hear anything above 16kHz...
Readers of this blog are invited to make an appointment to see if they can do any better! Give us a call on 0131 220 1220, or contact us via the website.
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