Clinical trial of In-the-Ear hearing aids. A comparison between In-the-Ear and Behind-the-Ear hearing aids
| Autor: | B Almqvist, L Jerlvall, A Ovegård, Stig Arlinger |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
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Hearing aid
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Speech perception medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject education Audiology Feedback Speech discrimination Hearing Aids Perception otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine Humans Active listening Sound quality media_common Aged Clinical Trials as Topic business.industry Auditory Threshold Middle Aged Test (assessment) Otorhinolaryngology Attitude Speech Perception Audio feedback Female business |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian audiology. 12(1) |
| ISSN: | 0105-0397 |
| Popis: | A co-ordinated clinical trial of In-the-Ear hearing aids (ITE) and comparison with Behind-the-Ear hearing aids (BTE) has been carried out at five hearing centers in Sweden. A common protocol for evaluation has been used, containing audiometric evaluation, questionnaire regarding satisfaction of acoustic function and manageability, tests for perceived sound quality and speech discrimination in sound field. A total of 211 patients participated in the test, all experienced hearing aid users. Eight different ITE-aids were tested. 72% of the patients preferred the ITE-aid to their former BTE-aid, while 24% preferred the BTE-aid. Evaluation of the questionnaires showed that many subjects preferred the ITE-aid when listening to speech in background noise and when perception of sound source direction is important. Cosmetically a majority of the subjects preferred the ITE-aid. Problems with acoustic feedback were somewhat more common with ITE- than with BTE-aids. Also with regard to manageability some differences ... |
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