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Know Your
Hearing

Introducing the Hearing Number—a sound metric that can help you engage with life.

What is the Hearing Number?

The Hearing Number tells you the softest speech sound you can hear in each ear. It is known clinically as the 4-frequency pure tone average.
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Learn your Hearing Numbers by taking a short hearing test on an app or seeing a hearing professional.
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Knowing and tracking your Hearing Numbers lets you know when your hearing changes and what you can do to hear better.
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Talk to Your Patients About Hearing

Encouraging your patients to learn their Hearing Numbers empowers them to take steps to protect and optimize their hearing.

Download the Hearing Number App

Get your Hearing Number for each ear with an app created by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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