Monday 9th January 2012, 12:30 PM
Hearing Test, hey, what, pardon ! Guy's Hospital, London
One possible effect of the Radiation Therapy is a loss of hearing. Ranging from slight to severe, to total and from short to long term, to permanent.
However ! if this does turn out to be the case it would probably only affect the one ear ( "this ear here, what this ear, no that ear there, oh ! this ear here" ) and can be corrected with surgery to install a 'Grommet' ( no Wallace ).
The test is conducted through head phones and a bone conductor, and consists of just a series of tones at varying volumes, pitches and frequencies.
I had rather hoped it would be more like a sight test but for ears, Where you would have to listen to various sounds at various levels and identify them...
Meow = cat
Woof-woof = dog
Beep-beep = car horn
Ring-ring = telephone
Squeak-squeak = mouse
Plink-plink = Gin & Tonic etc.
So this test was to establish my present state of hearing, and as I suspected "perfect". And would if necessary be used as a comparison to any possible future loss of hearing and the correction thereof.
Audrey, who conducted the test, yes thats right 'Audrey from Audio' even said that I had "acute hearing" I told her that they were only cheep hoops from H Samuel, but thanks all the same.
Edited by Jo W, with thanks
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