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Check your hearing

How it works

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Get ready

  • Find a quiet place
  • Wear headphones or earphones for a more
    accurate result
  • You’ll be able to adjust the volume on your device so you can hear the digits clearly.
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Set your volume

  • Select ‘Set the volume‘ and test your sound
  • You will hear a voice repeat “The digits 0 6 9”
  • The white noise played in the background is part of the test.
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Take the test

  • Listen to a voice say 3 digits over white noise
  • If you enter the wrong digit by mistake, select ←
  • If you miss or cannot hear a digit, select ?.

How it works

Get ready

Find a quiet place. Wear your headphones

Set your volume

Using the keypad on the hearing test

Test your sound

You will hear a voice repeat “The digits 069”

White noise

Will be played in the background of the test

Taking the test

  • The voice will say 3 digits over white noise
  • If you enter the wrong digit select
  • If you miss or cannot hear a digit select ?
  • Your results will appear on the screen

Online hearing test

If you get stuck

If you can no longer hear any of the digits, continue to enter ? ? ? and select Next until the end of the test.

The voice will get quieter as the hearing test continues. Most people reach a point where they can no longer hear the numbers comfortably.

Note that 0 is pronounced as the letter O, not zero.

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