Hearing Aid Fitting
What Happens at Your Hearing Aid Fitting
A hearing aid fitting in Zionsville, IN at Hughes Holistic Audiology is a full programming and verification session, not a quick handoff at the front desk. Dr. Jordan Hughes, Au.D. loads your audiogram into the devices, tunes them across speech, quiet, and background noise, then confirms performance with Real Ear Measurement before you wear them out the door. You'll also practice insertion, cleaning, charging, and Bluetooth pairing in the same visit.
Dr. Jordan Hughes, Au.D.
Owner & Clinical Audiologist
Verified Fitting and Long-Term Follow-Up Care
A fitting is only as good as the follow-through. Real Ear Measurement (REM) confirms your devices are amplifying correctly across every frequency on day one, and a follow-up adjustment a few weeks later tunes them against your real week: restaurants, family at home, the phone, work. Your 45-day trial covers that whole stretch, so there's time to adapt before you commit. Cleanings, REM re-checks, and in-office troubleshooting continue for as long as you wear the devices.
Hearing Aid Fitting FAQs
Common questions about a hearing aid fitting in Zionsville: how long the appointment runs, how Real Ear Measurement verifies the settings, what adapting feels like, and follow-up care.
Plan on roughly an hour for your initial fitting. Dr. Hughes loads your hearing profile into the devices, fine-tunes clarity and comfort across speech, music, and background noise, then verifies performance with Real Ear Measurement so the aids are calibrated to your ears before you leave the office.
The rest of the visit is hands-on. You'll practice insertion and removal, learn the cleaning routine, set up charging, and pair the devices with your phone, so nothing about wearing them is a mystery once you get home. Custom in-the-ear styles get a physical fit check too. The clinic sees patients Monday through Thursday; call (317) 973-8098 to book your slot.
Factory defaults don't get the final word here. Dr. Hughes programs each device to the specific degree and shape of your hearing loss, then measures what the device is actually doing inside your ear canal using Real Ear Measurement (REM). It's the gold standard recommended by the American Academy of Audiology, yet only about 30% of fitters nationally perform it.
Two people with identical audiograms can need very different settings to hear clearly, because ear canals differ in size and shape. Measuring instead of guessing is what closes that gap. REM gets repeated at follow-up visits as your hearing changes. You can read more on our real ear measurement page.
Most patients settle in within two to four weeks of consistent daily wear, though your brain can keep adapting for up to three months. Hearing loss usually creeps in gradually, so you've spent years growing used to a quieter world. Rustling paper, your own footsteps, and the refrigerator hum can all sound startlingly loud at first.
The fix is wear time, not avoidance. Aids that only come out occasionally make the adjustment much harder. This is exactly what the 45-day trial is for: you tell us what's too sharp or too soft, and we fine-tune frequency response, noise reduction, and add programs for the places you spend real time, whether that's a crowded restaurant or a quiet living room in Zionsville.
Follow-up is part of the plan, not an afterthought. Most patients return for a check-in a couple of weeks after the initial fitting, while the 45-day trial is still running, so programming can be adjusted around what you've actually experienced in meetings, restaurants, and phone calls.
After that you move onto routine maintenance visits: cleaning, wax-guard changes, performance re-verification with Real Ear Measurement, and in-office troubleshooting when something feels off. Because Hughes Holistic Audiology is a solo practice, the person adjusting your devices next year is the same person who fit them. Call (317) 973-8098 to ask what your care plan includes.
A 45-Day Hearing Aid Trial, Not 30
Every set of hearing aids fitted at Hughes Holistic Audiology comes with a 45-day trial, longer than the 30 days most clinics offer. Thirty days is rarely enough time to adapt. Wear them where your life happens, at work, at the dinner table, and out around Zionsville. If they are not right, bring them back to be adjusted, exchanged for another model, or returned.
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Appointments run Monday through Thursday, and every visit is with Dr. Jordan Hughes herself.
Serving Zionsville & Boone County
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Our office sits on West Oak Street in Zionsville, a short drive from Whitestown, Lebanon, and northwest Indianapolis.
- Independent, doctor-owned solo practice
- Every visit with Dr. Jordan Hughes, Au.D.
- Real ear measurement on every fitting
“My son was born with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. After years of delivering that diagnosis, I sat on the other side of the chair and heard it. I opened this practice so patients get the appointment I would have wanted that day.”Dr. Jordan Hughes, Au.D., Owner
Hughes Holistic Audiology
Audiology Clinic1505 W Oak Street, Suite 200, Zionsville, IN 46077
| Monday | 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Thursday | 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |