Hearing tests can be broadly defined as subjective and objective. In subjective tests the patient is required to give responses regarding the hearing.

Objective tests are those in which we can obtain responses by electrophysiology, or other such techniques.

a) Pure tone audiometry: This test aims at recording hearing threshold of a person by administering beep/ warble tones at various frequencies and intensities

b) Immittance Testing: Impedance and Admittance with middle ear Stapedial reflex. This tests the status of the ear drum and the muscle, bone and nerve system behind it.

c) OAE: Otoacoustic Emission testing gives us the status of the cochlear hair cells that are so important in transmitting sound to the hearing nerve.

d) ABR (BERA): Auditory Brainstem Responses is a test to monitor for hearing loss or deafness, especially notable for its use with newborn infants. It is a method employed to assess the functions of the ears, cranial nerves, and various brain functions of the lower part of the auditory system.

e) ASSR: Auditory steady state response is used to assess graphically represented hearing threshold levels in infants and children with severe-to-profound hearing impairment (i. e., cochlear implant candidates).

f) Behaviour Audiometry: Based on the child's age various conditioned games can be played to obtain an effectively useful estimate of the child's hearing loss.

Based on your hearing tests, you may be a suitable candidate for a surgery or a hearing amplification device.