Full hearing assessment
A full hearing assessment is recommended if you:
• Already wear a hearing aid, or
• Want to upgrade your hearing aid, or
• Have previously been diagnosed with hearing loss
Who is a full hearing assessment for?
A full hearing assessment is recommended if you:
• Are you new to Boots Hearingcare, and already wearing a hearing aid?
• Or you already have a hearing aid and want to upgrade?
• Or have previously been told that you may benefit from wearing a hearing aid by an audiologist
Our full hearing assessments are 75 minutes
What's involved in a full hearing assessment
Ear health check
Includes a general assessment of your ear health, plus a video otoscopy to examine your ear canal.
Comprehensive hearing test
We assess your ability to hear different frequencies and speech in noise.
Personalised results & advice
Your results are plotted on an audiogram, followed by expert recommendations to help you hear better.
Bring along a friendly face
It will also help your Hearing Aid Audiologist to build a complete picture of your hearing health if you can bring someone along with you who spends time with you – they’ll be able to let us know how you hear day to day. If it’s not possible to attend with someone, it’s even more important that someone close to you completes their part of the questionnaire ahead of your attendance.
We take care of your health seriously
You know at Boots we take your health seriously. And this has never been more important than right now. That’s why we’re taking extra precautions to keep you and our colleagues safe as we provide the expert care we’re known for. In every store we have:
• Enabled safe social distancing by limiting the number of customers in the store.
• Limiting the number of appointments each day to allow time for our rooms to. be cleaned between appointments and to help make sure you’re not left waiting.
• Provided colleagues with the right personal protective equipment (PPE) to provide care safely.
• Put in place additional deep cleaning procedures throughout the day.
• Provided hygiene stations in store for you to take advantage of.
• Changed to cashless payments only to minimise contact.
Three steps to better hearing
General ear health check
We start by talking to you about your medical background and what hearing problems you may be experiencing. Then, complete a general ear health check on both ears, including a video otoscopy.
Hearing test
We'll then check your ability to hear sounds at various frequencies and to assess your understanding of speech in noise.
Results and recommendations
We'll go through your results on the audiogram and explain what they mean. We'll also offer some advice and recommendations, including a demo of latest digital hearing aids if appropriate.