Most children and babies benefit from the use of two children's hearing aids - we have two ears!  Listening with both ears is needed to help speech and language learning.

Even if a child has different amounts of hearing loss in each ear, two hearing aids usually will be recommended. It can be difficult or inappropriate to test babies and young children's hearing using testing methods used with adults and a variety of tests may be used, some involve a second clinician to assist in the procedure. Very often the 'testing' appears like a game to the child and observer, but in reality it is a carefully structured procedure to assess your child's hearing.

The most important goal of children's hearing aid testing is to ensure that your child makes the absolute most of the hearing he has and is able to hear speech as clearly as possible.