Journal article
Prescribing maximum hearing aid output: Differences among manufacturers found
The Hearing journal, Vol.61(3), pp.30-36
03/2008
DOI: 10.1097/01.HJ.0000314716.42321.03
Abstract
We examined the prescribed maximum output for six premier hearing aids from different manufacturers, all programmed for the same hearing loss. When LDLs were not entered, the prescribed maximum output of these products varied by about 15 dB, a value large enough that it could influence patient satisfaction. We also found that when an LDL of 90 dB HL was entered, it reduced the maximum output for some products, but not others. Finally, when we compared the effects of entering the 90-dB LDL for both the measured values and software displays, we found that these data were not in agreement for two of the six products. For one hearing aid, the software suggested that the hearing aid had an output 8 dB lower than what was measured. Given that the maximum output of hearing aids has been shown to influence patient satisfaction, it's important in programming and fitting them to consider some of the differences we've reported here. These issues, of course, become essentially non-issues when the practitioner uses probe-microphone measures and other aided loudness testing for verification and maximum output adjustment, rather than relying on average predictions and computer simulations.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Prescribing maximum hearing aid output: Differences among manufacturers found
- Creators
- H. Gustav MuellerRuth A. BentlerYu-Hsiang Wu
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Hearing journal, Vol.61(3), pp.30-36
- DOI
- 10.1097/01.HJ.0000314716.42321.03
- ISSN
- 0745-7472
- eISSN
- 2333-6218
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2008
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984258851702771
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