The full evaluation takes approximately one hour, maybe longer if you choose to demo a set of devices. Using the information you have provided from the patient information sheet, your hearing professional will discuss your hearing concerns with you, asking you for more details as needed. Your hearing professional looks into your ears with a video-otoscope, a small camera which projects a video image of your external ear canal onto a TV screen. The video-otoscope is no bigger than the hand held otoscope most doctors use to check your ears. The hearing care professional fits you with soft expandable disposable ear plugs that ensure the most accurate readings of your hearing. (Headsets are not as accurate.) Your hearing professional takes you through a series of hearing tests: