Clear, trusted guidance for your hearing
Evidence-based resources from UCSF Audiology to help you understand hearing loss, navigate care, and choose the tools that fit your life.
Educational only. These tools can help you prepare and feel clearer, but they don’t replace care from your own clinicians.
Find the part of the journey you’re in
Not sure where to start? Choose the situation that sounds most like you. Each hub includes short articles and tools.
What hearing loss means, how audiograms work, and how conditions like tinnitus fit in.
When to see an audiologist or ENT, how urgent symptoms are, and how to prep for visits.
Hearing aids, implants, remote microphones, apps, and features built into your phone.
Communication strategies, virtual meetings, driving, safety at home, and more.
Guidance for spouses, adult children, and friends who want to help without nagging.
Use a tool to make sense of your situation
These tools turn “I’m not sure how to explain this” into something you can bring to a visit or share with family.
Answer questions about your ears, hearing, and dizziness to see which type of clinician and timeline might make sense to ask about.
Enter a few numbers from your audiogram and get a plain-language summary to discuss with your audiologist.
See which broad categories of technology are reasonable to ask about at your stage of hearing loss.
Step-by-step guide to turn on captions, sound recognition, headphone safety, and other built-in features.
Pick your hardest situations and get tailored communication tweaks and sample scripts.
Turn vague frustrations into a clear list of goals, questions, and examples for your next appointment.
Prefer another language?
Key guides and tools are being translated. English pages are updated first, then translated versions follow.
Not all tools are available in every language yet. When you’re on a page, use the language menu at the top to switch versions. Translations may appear a little later than the English originals as we review them for accuracy.