Notices and Other Policies

The mission of the National Hearing Test (NHT) is to provide a hearing screening test that will help persons decide whether they should seek a full-scale hearing evaluation by a certified hearing professional. Taking the NHT can be the first step on a path to getting help for hearing problems. The NHT website provides information about the screening test and hearing loss, as well as resources for locating hearing professionals. No specific service providers are recommended or endorsed and no information about test takers is provided to any service provider.

Information contained in this website has been prepared by certified audiologists and experienced hearing scientists. However, the information contained on this website should not be considered to constitute medical guidance or professional advice. Corrections and additions to this website are made regularly. Suggestion for clarification or additions to this website are welcome and may be sent to webmaster@nationalhearingtest.org. Visitors are encouraged to confirm the information contained within this website with other reliable sources and to direct any questions concerning their personal health to a certified hearing professional or other appropriate health care professional.

The individual documents and website pages provided on the NHT website are under copyright by Communication Disorders Technology, Inc. (CDT). This information may be downloaded for personal use only. Please do not reprint, copy, electronically reproduce, or utilize any document on this website, in part or in whole; this is expressly prohibited unless prior written consent is obtained. To request written permission to reproduce any materials on this website, email webmaster@nationalhearingtest.org. The unauthorized alteration of the content of the National Hearing Test website is expressly prohibited. CDT, NHT, and their representatives shall not be responsible for any claims, actions, or damages that may arise as a result of the unauthorized alteration of this website. 

Web publishers are free to link to the NHT website (formal requests are not required). However, we ask that these links clearly state that the creator, author, and/or owner of all rights of the linked information is the “National Hearing Test” and that its website address is www.nationalhearingtest.org. Please advise the NHT of your link by emailing webmaster@nationalhearingtest.org. Links to other websites, publications, or information resources do not constitute the NHT’s endorsement of those websites or resources. The NHT makes no representations or claims as to the quality, content, or accuracy of the information, services, or products that may be provided by such resources. Approval and placement of links are at the discretion of the NHT.

All illustrations and stock photography have been legally purchased through Fotolia and Freedigitalphotos.net. All illustrations and images used on the National Hearing Test website are used in accordance with the licensing agreement associated with that image at the time of purchase.

The site has been built to comply with web standards guidelines. As such, it is best viewed in a modern standards-compliant browser, such as Google Chrome 5, Opera 10, Mozilla Firefox 4, Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, or Safari 5. The recommended resolution for viewing this site in visual browsers is 1024 x 768 pixels at 32bit (millions) color. We have built a standards-based website in part to make it as accessible as possible. This website was created using WordPress version 3.8.1 us InFocus by Envato. We have followed the W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines in the creation of the website and web content. This website is also in compliance with U.S. government usability standards. 

In making our content accessible, the website is designed to be responsive for all mobile devices. Some features of the website may not be available through mobile phones or tablets in order to make the website more convenient for use on these devices.