What to expect?
Your First Hearing Test
Hearing tests are full assessments of your hearing ability, speech understanding ability, and communication needs. Tests take 1 hour to 1.5 hours and are performed by a Registered Audiologist.
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Hearing tests are full assessments of your hearing ability, speech understanding ability, and communication needs. Tests take 1 hour to 1.5 hours and are performed by a Registered Audiologist.
A hearing test appointment with our hearing health professionals includes:
Your initial hearing test at Wavefront Centre usually takes 90 minutes. Because of the detailed nature of the hearing test appointment, there is a $75 fee. If it is determined that you would benefit from hearing aids, this fee can be put towards the cost of any new aids that you purchase (within 6 months of the hearing test).
Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility is the operating name for Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, a registered charitable organization.
Charitable Registration Number #108200098RR0001