boomer2

I am posting this in hopes of hekping any vets out there who may be taking or have taken the VA hearing test. it is important that you understand what and why they are doing. In regards to the pure tone test if you are not 100% sure you hear a tone DO NOT PRESS THE BUTTON OR RAISE YOUR HAND. On the word recognition test if you DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE WORD DO NOT GUESS. I am attaching some links that will help you understand the test and aslo the VA's link on how they determine and rate your hearing loss. Hope this helps anybody that is going to take the test. http://www.hearingcenteronline.com/test.shtml http://www.healthyhearing.com/guides/hearing-and-hearing-loss/understanding-your-hearing-test-results http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_5748589_read-hearing-test-results.html http://www.benefits.va.gov/warms/docs/regs/38CFR/BOOKC/PART4/S4_85.DOC

Based on my own experience with VA audiologist's I will try and explain it you. They take the results of the 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 pure tone results and add them together and then divide by 4. It appears in your case that for the right ear they would be 80, 85, 85 and 76 =326/4 =81.5 for the left ear it is 85, 90 ,90 93 = 358/4 = 89.5. I don't what the lower numbers are for each ear. I would guess it is 250 and 500 hertz. They use the results 81.5 and 89.5 to determine your rating. Per VA guide lines if your DB level for 2000 hertz is 70 or more they do not use the CNC maryland word test. They use table VI-A and apply a roman numeral to each ear and then determine your level of hearing loss. Each ear is rated separately. You should be able to find the tables by going to their website http://www.benefits.va.gov/warms/docs/regs/38CFR/BOOKC/PART4/S4_85.DOC I don't know if this is absolutely correct but check the website out. P.S. No chu hoi and no de de mau