In lieu of World Hearing Day, SIMS Hospitals set to offer free consultation for Hearing assessment

Chennai: Hearing loss and related ailments are the most common sensory deficit faced by humans in the recent times. To raise awareness on hearing care, on World Hearing Day SIMS Hospitals extends a special hearing screening package for all age groups. The special screening package provides people in the city a free consultation with renowned ENT specialists followed by pure tone audiometry tests and impedance tests for all age groups at a discounted cost starting from 03rd to 15th March 2022.

As per WHO estimates in India, there are approximately 63 million people, who are suffering from Significant Hearing Impairment. Of these, a large percentage is children between the ages of 0 to 14 years. An even larger percentage of our population suffers from milder degrees of hearing loss and unilateral (one-sided) hearing loss. SIMS Hospital offer Pure tone audiometry test is an effective behavioural test backed with latest equipment helps in measuring hearing sensitivity. The holistic package also offers impedance testing proven to deliver results of eardrum functioning and pressure which further contributes to proper diagnosis and treatment.

SIMS Hospital’s special hearing screening package with the spirit of saying “Prevention is better than cure” aims to provide preventive assessments of hearing and related ailments on a timely basis. The test provides more accurate results and saves time & effort enabling a speedy diagnosis to initiate treatment.