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Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, and Functional Status.

open access: yesJAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg
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HEARING AIDS

Medical Clinics of North America, 1999
The first step in the hearing aid fitting and selection process is to determine the patient's hearing disability, motivation, lifestyle, finances, and cosmetic concerns. Most hearing impairments can be helped with a modern hearing aid. With a symmetric hearing loss, a binaural fitting provides the most benefit and should be attempted initially.
A J, Klein, P C, Weber
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Hearing Aids: II. Implantable Hearing Aids

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1996
Technological advances and functional and cosmetic improvements in conventional hearing aids notwithstanding, there are still individuals for whom alternative amplification schemes are desirable. Patients generally fitted with bone-conduction hearing aids, eg, those with irreparable aural atresia, unremitting otorrhea, earmold allergy, or conductive ...
A J, Gulya, B, Stach
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Hearing-Aid Performance and Hearing-Aid Selection

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1966
A sentence intelligibility test was used to evaluate listener performance with three hearing aids differing substantially in physical characteristics. Thirty six hard-of-hearing listeners, representing various types and degrees of hearing loss, were tested.
J, Jerger, C, Speaks, C, Malmquist
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Hearing Aids & Hearing Deterioration

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 1977
The literature contains articles which report that the deterioration of hearing is increased by the use of hearing aids, and others which show that there is no increase. The results of our experience with 261 patients over a ten-year period show that there is no increase in hearing loss in the aided ear which can be attributed to the use of a hearing ...
L L, Titche, E O, Windrem, W T, Starmer
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HEARING AID AND HEARING AID SYSTEM

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2012
A hearing aid includes: a first microphone configured to generate a first input signal from an input sound; a second microphone configured to generate a second input signal from the input sound; a signal processing unit configured to generate an output signal from the first input signal and the second input signal; and a receiver configured to play an ...
Kenji Iwano, Atsunobu Murase
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Implantable hearing aids

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 2008
The aim of this article is to give readers a general overview of the concepts involved in the latest generation of implantable hearing aids. A section on ear biomechanics has also been included to familiarize readers with the basic concepts involved. These devices have been developed over the last 20 years, driven by problems with conventional hearing ...
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Hearing Loss and Hearing Aids

Neurologic Clinics, 2005
Many individuals who have vestibular problems also present with hearing loss. Correction of hearing loss assists individuals in their ability to access medical care and to participate in rehabilitation programs that may be associated with their balance problems.
Catherine V, Palmer, Amanda, Ortmann
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