These tests are often given by a health-care professional that specializes in hearing, such as an audiologist. Audiologists are usually not medical doctors but are trained to give hearing tests and interpret the results. Hearing tests are painless. If the hearing test shows that you have a hearing loss, there may be one or more ways to treat it. Possible treatments include medication, surgery or a hearing aid.
Hearing aids can usually help hearing loss that involves damage to the inner ear.
This type of hearing loss is common in older people as part of the aging process. But younger people can also have it from infections or repeated exposure to loud noises. Hearing Aids and Cell Phones Cell phones and hearing aids don't work very well together, so you may not be able to use a cell phone while you're wearing a hearing aid. This is because electromagnetic interference between the phone and the hearing aid causes buzzing or static. Scientists are trying to find out more about this problem and what can be done about it.