Hearing Evaluations
What Your Hearing Evaluation Actually Involves
A hearing evaluation in Zionsville, IN at Hughes Holistic Audiology runs about an hour and starts with a conversation, not a booth. Dr. Jordan Hughes, Au.D. asks where listening breaks down for you, then looks inside each ear before any testing begins. Pure-tone air and bone conduction, speech reception thresholds, and word recognition build your audiogram, and she walks you through every mark on it before you leave.
Diagnostics From a Neurotology-Trained Audiologist
Dr. Hughes trained at Midwest Ear Institute alongside a neurotologist, working with hearing losses far more complicated than routine age-related change. That background shapes every diagnostic hearing evaluation in Boone County that comes through this office: the audiometric testing is thorough, and results are read in the context of your overall health. When something falls outside audiology, she says so and refers you on rather than stretching the visit to cover it.
Hearing Evaluation FAQs
Common questions about hearing evaluations in Zionsville: what the test measures, how long the appointment runs, whether you need a referral, and what happens if results show hearing loss.
Testing starts with an otoscopic exam, a magnified look at the canal and eardrum to rule out wax, fluid, or a perforation before anything else happens. From there you go through pure-tone air and bone conduction across the speech frequencies, speech reception thresholds to find the softest level at which you can repeat a word back, and word recognition scoring to measure clarity at normal conversational volume.
Those results plot your audiogram and show the type, degree, and configuration of any loss: sensorineural, conductive, or mixed, and anywhere from mild to profound. Dr. Hughes explains what the pattern means in the rooms and conversations you actually spend time in. Call (317) 973-8098 to schedule yours.
Plan on about an hour. That covers the intake conversation, the test battery itself, and the results consultation, where your audiogram goes up on the screen and gets explained line by line. If you want to talk through hearing aids or tinnitus management while you're already there, that happens in the same visit rather than costing you a second trip into the office.
A quick pure-tone screening is the shorter option, roughly fifteen minutes, when you mainly need to know whether a full evaluation is warranted. The clinic sees patients Monday through Thursday, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, closed from noon to one. Call (317) 973-8098 to find a slot that fits your week.
No referral is needed to book with us. Most adults call directly after noticing they ask people to repeat themselves, lose the thread in restaurants, or run the television louder than anyone else in the house wants it. Reach the office at (317) 973-8098 or request a callback, and you'll be scheduled at 1505 W Oak Street, Suite 200 in Zionsville.
Some insurance plans do want a primary-care referral on file before they cover diagnostic testing, so a quick call to your carrier is worth making first. The practice accepts Medicare, UnitedHealthcare, and limited TruHearing, and you'll know what your plan requires before the appointment rather than after it.
You get a straight explanation first: which frequencies are affected, how much, and what that pattern usually does to speech understanding in noise. Nothing has to be decided that day. For many adults the next step is a conversation about prescription hearing aids matched to the audiogram, verified with Real Ear Measurement and backed by a 45-day trial.
Plenty of results don't lead to devices at all. If the cause looks medical, such as impacted wax, middle-ear fluid, or something that belongs in front of an ENT, you leave with a clear recommendation to hand your physician. And when a change is caught early, setting a baseline and rechecking later is often the honest answer.
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.
Patient Reviews
What patients in Zionsville and Boone County say about their appointments with Dr. Jordan Hughes, Au.D.
Catch Every Word on Your Next Walk Through Zionsville
Appointments run Monday through Thursday, and every visit is with Dr. Jordan Hughes herself.
Serving Zionsville & Boone County
Visit Us in Zionsville
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 |