Priority 9 from the Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss PSP

How true a picture is a hearing test? Is it possible I indicate I can hear a sound but it doesn't inform how it's heard? Eg distortion of sound? ~ How does the audiologist take into account the difference in my hearing in the quiet and when I'm concentrating hard in a hearing test, and my everyday hearing when I am doing other things? ~ How do you know what you can hear in a quiet sound proof room? ~ How good are hearing tests at identifying real life hearing problems (listening to sounds in a soundproof room is not realistic) ~ To what extent is the pure-tone audiogram a poor predictor of benefit from hearing aids for those mild to moderate hearing loss? ~ More Realistic Hearing Tests. All hearing tests I have had were to respond to a single voice yet we hear and understand different voices quite differently. ~ To what extent can speech-in-noise tests (e.g. Quick SIN and the ANL test) provide information which cannot be obtained from the pure-tone audiogram alone and can such additional information enhance the rehabilitation outcomes for those fitted with hearing aids?