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Hearing Test while ear is blocked
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Jul 17, 2019 | Replies (5)Comment receiving replies
Not a good thing...Since when does a professional ask someone to blow their noses so they can do a hearing test? Doesn't sound like an audiologist would request that...or any professional would offer to do any type of hearing tests. Anyone that needs to know what they can hear needs to have a clear passageway so that the tests can be done. If a person has a cold, flu, sinus infection or anything of that nature - the tests should be cancelled or rescheduled until the symptoms are gone and cleared up. The best outcomes and numbers will obtained when a person is able to hear through the ear canal and the bone conduction tests can be done to confirm what is happening with the sound waves.
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Exactly! He went to an ENT (saw a DO since the MD was booked). He went in because his ear was blocked. This upset me so much, I had to ask for others opinions. The doctors practice has an audiologist team so the test was done immediately after the ENT evaluation. I would think the audiologist wouldn't do a test either. My friend was hit twice with a lack of professionalism, in my opinion.