hi, im new here

Hi,
Im Rebecca. Im 17 years old. Im new here.
I had glue ear at least 10 times when i was younger and had grommets for at least the majority of those 10 times. but i didnt have any hearing tests done afterwards. that wot makes me think i probably had it from birth. Is it most likely i had it from birth? Should i of got help a lot earlier?
I first noticed something was wrong a couple of months back, when i noticed i couldnt hear as well as i could of. So last month i phoned up the docotrs surgery asking to book a doctors appiontment about my hearing. The person on the other side said i need to book a hearing test with one of the nurses, so i booked just that So last month, i had a short hearing test at the doctors surgery with one of the nurses there. I had to sit in a chair facing a wall with headphones on, she had this machine where she would twist a knob or something to play a sound. She told me to raise me and and say yes if i could hear the beep or wotever noise it was making and say no if i couldnt. I couldnt hear quite a few Sad

So i failed that hearing test and was told to make an appiotment with the doctor. I made an appiotment with the doctor. I went to the appiontment, the doctor looked in my ears and asked me some questions about my background and stuff. Then the doctor told me i had a hearing loss/impairment and reffered me to make an appiontment with an audiologist. When the doctor told me i had a hearing loss, i sunk inside Sad

A few questions, what is an audiologist? what do they do? what can i expect at the first appiontment?
thank u
i booked my first audiologist appiontment, yesterday. For 2 weeks yesterday. I will be goin to the hospital for my audiologist appiontments. I have booked it for 3pm. I'm going to have to be there 30 mins earlier to prepare myself for it.
Im scared and nervous about going. But i know its the right thing to do for myself.
I hope my hearing isnt as bad as i think. I fear that its going to be bad news.
Right now im incredibley nervous cz i know i dont want to go.

I took an online hearing test, online. And this is wot i got:

Hz L(dB) R(dB)
20 n/a n/a
40 n/a n/a
60 n/a n/a
125 65 70
250 55 60
500 50 50
750 45 40
1000 50 40
1500 40 40
2000 50 50
3000 30 30
4000 40 50
5000 50 60
6000 40 50
7000 55 65
8000 50 55
9000 40 60
10000 50 70
11000 55 70
12000 60 70
14000 65 80
16000 75 n/a
18000 n/a n/a
20000 n/a n/a

n/a = i couldnt hear the beep

Is that good?
wot does it mean?
thank u again

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