AUDIOLOGY SOLUTIONS
Audiologist in Kampala: Hearing Tests for Every Age
At Pearl Hearing and Speech Solutions, we provide professional hearing assessments designed to evaluate, protect, and enhance hearing health for people of all ages. Our audiologists use a range of specialized tests to assess the outer, middle, and inner ear, accurately identifying the type and cause of hearing loss and recommending the most effective treatment options for infants, children, and adults.
Tests for adults
Our adult hearing tests are designed to give a clear, comprehensive picture of hearing ability and ear health.
Assesses how well your eardrum and middle ear are functioning. It checks the movement of the eardrum and measures middle ear pressure to detect fluid buildup, eardrum perforation, or other conditions that may affect hearing.
Evaluates the reflexive response of the stapedius muscle in the middle ear. This test helps determine whether sound is being properly transmitted through the auditory pathway.
Measures the response of the tiny hair cells inside your inner ear (cochlea). A small probe is placed in your ear canal to deliver gentle tones and record the echo-like sounds produced by healthy hair cells — helping identify issues with the inner ear.
Determines the softest sounds you can hear across different frequencies. This test helps identify the type and degree of hearing loss and provides a clear picture of your hearing thresholds.
Assesses your ability to hear and understand speech at comfortable volume levels. It helps determine how clearly you can recognize words, not just how well you can detect sound.
Simulates real-life listening environments by measuring how well you understand speech with background noise. This test provides valuable insights for diagnosing hidden hearing difficulties that often affect social or work interactions.
Tests for Children
Our pediatric audiology services use fun, interactive, and child-friendly methods to make hearing assessments comfortable and accurate for little ones.
Evaluates middle ear function and checks whether the eardrum moves normally. This helps identify common childhood ear issues like fluid buildup or infections.
Determines if the small middle-ear muscle reacts properly to sounds. This gives important clues about how well sound signals are traveling through your child’s auditory system.
Checks the function of the outer hair cells in the inner ear using a tiny probe that plays soft tones. It’s a quick and gentle test, ideal for infants and young children who cannot respond verbally.
Used for babies and toddlers (around 6 months to 3 years). The child is trained to turn their head toward a sound, and when they respond correctly, they are rewarded with a visual cue — making the test engaging and accurate.
Suitable for children aged 5 and above. The child is asked to raise their hand or respond verbally whenever they hear a tone. This test measures hearing across different frequencies.
Assesses how well a child can repeat or point to familiar words at a comfortable loudness level. It helps identify how clearly they hear and understand speech.
If you are on chemotherapy
Ototoxic Audiological Monitoring
Some medications, particularly certain chemotherapy drugs, can affect the ear and lead to hearing loss, tinnitus or balance problems.
We monitor hearing through treatment so early damage is picked up while there is still time to adjust. Where treatment cannot be changed, our audiologists fit hearing aids, supply assistive listening devices, or refer for cochlear implants.
Every evaluation includes
- Comprehensive hearing tests
- High-frequency audiometry
- Otoacoustic emission testing
If your baby did not pass the hospital screen
Newborn Hearing Screening Follow-up Testing
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Why the follow-up
What has happened so far
We support early hearing detection through comprehensive newborn hearing screening and follow-up testing. If your baby did not pass the initial hospital screening in one or both ears, further outpatient testing is recommended, often using an Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) test.
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What an ABR measures
What the test is looking at
The ABR test measures how your baby’s hearing nerve responds to sounds, rather than relying on your baby to respond in any way themselves.
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How it is done
What happens on the day
Gentle sounds are played through small earphones while soft electrodes placed on your baby’s head record the nerve’s response. Nothing goes into the ear canal and nothing is uncomfortable.
The test is safe, comfortable, and typically takes about 60 to 90 minutes while your baby sleeps. Almost all of the preparation is about making sure they do sleep, and those steps are set out further down this page.
The assessment
What an Audiologist in Kampala Actually Tests
A proper hearing assessment looks at three separate parts of the ear, because the fix depends entirely on where the problem is.
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The outer ear
What we are looking for
We check the ear canal and eardrum. Sometimes the whole problem is compacted wax or an infection, in which case you do not need a hearing aid, you need the blockage dealt with.
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The middle ear
What we are looking for
Tympanometry measures how the eardrum and the small bones behind it are moving. This is how we pick up fluid behind the eardrum, a common and very treatable cause of hearing difficulty in children.
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The inner ear and hearing nerve
What we are looking for
Pure tone audiometry and speech testing map exactly which pitches and volumes you can hear, and how well you make out words. This is what produces your audiogram.
Putting those three together tells us the type of hearing loss, how severe it is, and what will actually help.
Conductive hearing loss often has a medical fix. Sensorineural hearing loss usually does not, but responds well to properly fitted hearing aids.
The full list
Hearing Services We Provide
- Full diagnostic hearing assessment for adults
- Paediatric hearing assessment, adapted by developmental stage
- Newborn hearing screening
- Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing
- Tympanometry and middle ear analysis
- Speech audiometry
- Tinnitus assessment
- Hearing aid evaluation, fitting and programming
- Hearing aid review and readjustment
- Custom ear mould impressions
- Pre-employment and periodic occupational hearing screening
Not sure which one you need? Tell us what you have noticed and we will book the right test.
Adults
Hearing Assessments for Adults
Adult hearing loss creeps up. The usual pattern is that everyone else notices first.
Book a test if any of these sound familiar
You hear people talking but cannot make out the words, especially in a restaurant or a crowded room
Family members complain about the television volume
You have ringing, buzzing or hissing in your ears
One ear feels noticeably worse than the other
You work around loud machinery, generators or music
You have had ear infections, ear surgery or a head injury
You are over 50 and have never had your hearing tested
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After the test we show you your audiogram and explain what it means for your daily life. If a hearing aid would help we will say so and explain the options. If it would not, we will say that too.
Before you come in
How to Prepare for an ABR Test
The test is done while your baby sleeps, so almost all of the preparation is about making sure they will.
Book the appointment around your baby’s usual nap time.
Try to keep your baby awake in the hour before you arrive.
Feed just before the test so they settle easily.
Bring a blanket, bottle or pacifier.
Allow extra time for Kampala traffic. A baby who fell asleep in the car and woke on arrival is the most common reason a test has to be rebooked.
About an hour, start to finish
What Happens at Your Appointment
First 10 minutes
Your history
We talk through what you have noticed, when it started, and anything relevant in your medical or work history.
The next half hour
The tests
A quiet room, headphones, and a button you press when you hear a tone. For speech testing you repeat back words.
Before you leave
Your results
Explained the same day in almost every case, with your audiogram in front of you and what it means for daily life.
No needles, nothing invasive. Children are tested with games and toys appropriate to their age, so it feels like play rather than a medical procedure.