The audiogram is a graph which gives a detailed description of your hearing ability and which can be described as a picture of your sense of hearing.

A hearing test performed by a hearing health care professional comprises a number of tests which can help to determine whether or not a patient is suffering from hearing loss. The results from the hearing tests are often displayed in the form of an audiogram.

Based on the audiogram, among other things, the hearing health care professional can tell whether or not you are suffering from hearing loss and, if so, determine how serious it is.

If you are suffering from hearing loss it is best to have the hearing health care professional explain the results of the audiogram to you, giving you the best possible understanding of your particular problem.

The audiogram illustrates your hearing ability by showing your hearing threshold at various frequencies. Hearing threshold is an indication of how soft a sound may get before it is inaudible. A hearing threshold of between 0 and 25 dB is considered normal.