Diagnostic Hearing Evaluation in Houston, TX
A hearing evaluation is the first step to hearing clearly again. In about an hour we find out exactly what has changed — and what it means for your communication and your brain health — then explain your results the same day, in plain language.
About 60 minutes
Painless
Same-day results
Signs it’s time for a hearing test
- You often ask people to repeat themselves
- The TV is louder than others would like
- You struggle to follow conversations in restaurants or groups
- You can hear people, but don’t always understand them
- There’s ringing or buzzing in your ears
- You feel drained after a day of listening
What the evaluation covers
A diagnostic hearing evaluation at AUDICOG identifies the type and degree of hearing loss — and how it’s affecting your communication, listening effort, and brain health. This evaluation is the entry point to BrainEar™, and the results guide every recommendation that follows.
What to Expect During Your Evaluation
Your visit begins with a detailed case history and a conversation about the listening situations that matter most to you. Testing is performed in a sound-controlled environment. Results are reviewed with you the same day, in plain language, alongside clear next steps.
- Pure-tone audiometry
- Speech recognition
- Speech-in-noise
- Tympanometry & acoustic reflexes
- Otoacoustic emissions
- Listening-effort / cognitive-load screening
- Quality-of-life questionnaire
- Functional communication assessment
Why we look at hearing and the brain together
When you have hearing loss, your brain works harder to keep up. We measure that listening effort too — so your plan protects how you hear and how you think. It’s an approach a typical hearing-aid shop doesn’t offer.
Meet your audiologist
Your care is led by Dr. Raj Pratihar, AuD, MHA, MBA — a Doctor of Audiology with 20+ years of experience, including more than a decade at MD Anderson Cancer Center. After long COVID left him with the same brain fog and listening struggles he saw in his patients, he built AUDICOG to care for hearing and brain health together. You’ll work with him directly, one-on-one, at every visit.
