Contemporary Hearing Aid Amplification: Issues and Outcomes in 2018
| Autor: | Nicholas Le Goff, Douglas L Beck |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Hearing aid
medicine.medical_specialty Point (typography) business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Audiology Speech in noise Loudness Sound recording and reproduction 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Complaint Head and neck surgery Medicine 030223 otorhinolaryngology business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Air breathing |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Otolaryngology-ENT Research. 10 |
| ISSN: | 2379-6359 |
| DOI: | 10.15406/joentr.2018.10.00303 |
| Popis: | Vast technological advances and improved clinical outcomes impact contemporary hearing aid fittings The primary complaint across all hearing aid wearers has traditionally been their ability to understand speech in noise Previous generations of hearing aids focused on making sounds louder this made good sense and served as reasonable starting point However simply making sounds louder does not address spatial hearing i e knowing the location from which sounds originate and did not improve signal to noise ratios Contemporary commercially available hearing aid fittings successfully address these issues and other aspects of sound reproduction beyond loudness In this article we rsquo ll review multiple publications which address benefits and outcomes of contemporary hearing aid amplification and demonstrate clear advantages with regard to satisfaction and improved speech in noise results when fitted properly and professionally delivered |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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