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Polegate
58a High Street, Polegate, BN26 6AD, UK
If you’ve noticed changes in your hearing, or simply want reassurance, a free hearing test is a simple place to start. Our experienced audiologists take the time to understand your hearing and provide clear and personalised advice.
Our hearing tests are completely FREE, with no obligation. Book your free hearing test today at one of our Eastbourne locations today.
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A hearing test helps determine if you have hearing loss, whether minor or more severe. At The Hearing Care Partnership, our free hearing assessments are easy and painless.
Your audiologist will ask about your lifestyle, go through your medical history, and perform a variety of tests – otoscopy, tympanometry, pure tone audiometry, and speech tests.
We’ll talk through your results with you, whether you need any treatment, and if hearing aids could be beneficial.
How often do you visit the doctor, dentist or optician? And when was the last time you had a hearing test? If it wasn’t recently, you’re not alone. But it’s just as important to visit an audiologist regularly.
Having regular hearing tests will help you keep your hearing healthy and will help us increase the chance of catching any irregularities early on, avoiding any further hearing decline.
This is particularly important if you’re over 50, as the risk of hearing loss rises to 40% in this age group. Increasing again to 70% in the over-70s.
At The Hearing Care Partnership our hearing assessments are completely free. And there is no obligation to purchase a hearing aid or use our earwax removal service – even if we recommend these as further treatment. We’re simply here to help and advise what’s best for you!
If you’ve noticed changes in your hearing, or would simply like reassurance, we’re here to help. Take the first step towards clearer, more confident hearing with a free hearing test at your local practice.
Book a free hearing test at your local practice using our simple online booking system.
Call our friendly team on 0800 52 00 546. Lines are open Monday to Saturday 8.30am – 5pm.
Everyone’s hearing changes over time. So it’s important to get it checked at least every two years, or as soon as you notice any of the signs of hearing loss mentioned above.
It’s true that your risk of hearing loss increases as you get older: the UK charity Action On Hearing Loss estimates that more than 40% of people over 50 have hearing loss, rising to 71% of people over the age of 70. So it’s tempting to keep putting off getting a hearing test, but the reality is there’s no such thing as being ‘too young’ for a hearing test.
In fact, our audiologists recommend regular hearing tests to anyone over the age of 25, or to anyone who is experiencing signs of hearing loss or changes to their hearing.
If you are a parent or guardian with concerns about your child’s hearing and they are under the age of 18 you should seek a referral from your GP to your local NHS paediatric audiology service.
When talking to a loved one about hearing loss, it’s important to:
It can be a hard topic to bring up, but approaching it with understanding and empathy will make the conversation easier.