"I can hear, but I can't understand": How Audiologists Test Your Speech Understanding

"I can hear, but I can't understand": How Audiologists Test Your Speech Understanding Measuring your hearing ability is more than just your ability to hear beeps at different pitches. We hear sounds with our ears, but we process speech in the brain. Hearing professionals use word recognition testing to measure your brain's ability to understand speech, and predict how well you'll do with hearing aids.