Hearing tested properly, then fitted properly

Why it is worth doing now

Most people wait about seven years between first noticing they are missing words at a table and doing anything about it. In that time the ear stops sending the brain sounds it used to send and the brain gets worse at making sense of what does arrive, which is why an aid fitted late takes months to settle in and one fitted early takes a fortnight. A full diagnostic test here takes forty minutes and costs R650, and most medical aids pay it out of the day-to-day portion. If the result comes back normal we will tell you so and send you home without selling you anything, and that happens rather more often than people expect.