MARCH 2020 MACWORLD 123Once the test is
finished for both ears, the
app offers the opportunity
to go back and adjust the
results. This worked fine,
except that the app
unexpectedly played a
tone very loud once in a
while, which was startling.
Once I was satisfied, it let
me name and save the
profile. I could perform
and save the test with
different names as many
times as I wanted, and
they are all associated
with me as a user. Others
could do the same and
associate the results with
them separately.
Once a test is complete
and saved, it cannot be
modified further. If you
want to adjust the results,
you must perform the whole test again.
According to Audeara, this allows you to
track your hearing over time.
When the test is complete, the app will
show you the hearing profile of your left
and right ears; this graph is called an
audiogram. You can tap on “More Info,”
which first reminds you that this is not a
medical diagnosis, it then takes you to the
World Health Organization’s webpage
about hearing impairment.
I performed the Standard test twice and
the High Detail test once, with similar results
each time. Those results follow a roughly
similar contour as the professional audiogram
of my hearing that was performed only a few
months ago, but there were a couple of
discrepancies. For example, the Audeara
results indicate that my right ear is slightly
worse than my left below 1kHz, but the proThe Audeara app’s homepage (left) lets you start a hearing test
or select one of the previously established profiles. Starting a
new test, you can select three different levels of precision (right).