APPROACH EDUCATION · EXPLORE YOUR AUDIOGRAM

What Your Audiogram Means

Explore your hearing test results, learn what may make listening harder, and discover ways to explain what helps you at school and in everyday life.

This is an educational chart, not a hearing test or diagnosis. It does not predict exactly what someone hears or understands. Use numerical, unmasked air-conduction results only; ask your audiologist for help with masked, bone-conduction, aided, or no-response symbols.

1. Add your thresholds

Choose a number in dB HL at each pitch. Leave untested pitches blank. No names or results are saved or sent by this tool.

Pitch (Hz)	Right O	Left X

2. Explore the pattern

Higher on the chart = softer sounds. Left to right = lower to higher pitch.

O Right ear—red solid line · X Left ear—blue dashed line

Lines connect measured points for readability; they do not supply missing test results.

A WORLD FULL OF SOUND

Explore familiar sounds

Tap a picture to explore an everyday sound level. These are approximate environmental levels in dBA, a different scale from your audiogram’s dB HL. They do not show whether you will hear a sound.

Choose a picture to explore its sound level.

Levels vary with distance, equipment, and the environment. Source: NIH / NIDCD and How Sound Is Measured. No sounds play automatically.

3. What might this mean in daily life?

Explore a setting

MY VOICE · MY CHOICES

Explain my hearing

Build a script you can say, sign, type, or share. Choose only what feels right for you. You do not have to share your audiogram or personal information.

Script style How I prefer to communicate A situation that is hard for me What helps me Technology or support I want to mention (optional) Your editable script

This draft describes only the points entered above. Review it with a trusted adult or audiologist if you want help. Changes to the chart or choices rebuild the draft; make final wording edits afterward. Everything clears when you leave or reload this page.

How to read this page & sources

Thresholds show the softest detected tones in a controlled test. They do not show speech recognition, listening effort, language, attention, or benefit from devices. This tool does not infer hearing-loss type, calculate a disability percentage, or simulate hearing loss. Children and adults may need different interpretations. A person's own experience and complete audiological evaluation matter.

General explanations informed by ASHA: Type, Degree, and Configuration of Hearing Loss. Supports are discussion ideas, not individualized recommendations.