Most candidates will receive their exam results right away. Upon completion of the examination, the candidate will receive a “Test Completion” email that contains the Pass/Fail result as well as section-level results for the five major topic areas (Domains) of the exam. Exam results are sent to state/provincial licensing agencies weekly, and the licensing agency will notify you of next steps for your licensing process.
Candidates in the following jurisdictions will NOT receive immediate results: Alberta, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Oregon. If you are getting licensed in one of these places, your exam results will be sent to your licensing agency within one week of your exam date; you will receive the result from your licensing agency. Please do not call IHS for your exam results as IHS is contractually prohibited from releasing the result to you.
Examination Scoring
The examination is comprised of one hundred and five (105) test questions (items). Of those 105 items, 80 are scored and 25 are non-scored (pilot) test questions. Test-takers will receive a score based upon their performance on the eighty (80) scored items. This examination utilizes dichotomous scoring, meaning the answer selections are either right or wrong. The candidate will earn one (1) point for getting the question right (correct). The candidate will earn zero (0) points for getting the question wrong (incorrect).
Pass/Fail Results
A score report will be provided to the state/provincial licensing agency. IHS provides a recommended passing score, but the ultimate pass/fail decision is up to the licensing body. When a candidate receives immediate results (see information above), the jurisdiction has adopted IHS’ recommended passing score.
Candidates will not be provided with their exact score.
Topic/Domain-Level Feedback
Most candidates will receive their exam results right away. Upon completion of the examination, the candidate will receive a “Test Completion” email that contains the Pass/Fail result as well as section-level results for the five major topic areas (Domains) of the exam.
Candidates in the following jurisdictions will NOT receive automatic topic-level results: Alberta, Georgia, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Oregon. If you are getting licensed in one of these states and find you that you failed, you may request domain-level results for exams taken within the past year. Requests should be submitted via the online request form by the candidate only. Requests are processed weekly, and a report will be emailed to the candidate. Click here to access the online request form.
DISCLAIMER - These domain-level results are being provided upon your request for informational purposes only. The International Licensing Examination for Hearing Healthcare Professionals (ILE) is scored on an overall raw score[1]. Because the overall raw score is the basis used to determine if a candidate has passed the ILE, domain-level results are not considered when determining the pass/fail result. The ultimate pass/fail decision is made by the state/province in which the test-taker is seeking licensure and is based on the overall raw score.
Domain-level results on the ILE are not considered psychometrically reliable.
Questions about the ILE or these results may be directed to the International Hearing Society at exam@ihsinfo.org.
Please note: Domain-level results will not include the candidate's overall score for the exam. Candidates should allow up to 2 weeks to receive their pass/fail result from their state/provincial licensing agency. If a candidate is notified that they failed, then they may request domain-level results from IHS via the process described above.
[1] The raw score represents the number of test questions correct out of the number of test questions possible.