Clinical use of canal type hearing aid.

The clinical implications of ear canal debris in hearing aid users

Objective : The ear irritations suffered by hearing aid (HA) users are yet to be related to the clinical state of canal. We undertook this study to examine the nature of debris and the microbial flora of ears of hearing aid users, as well as evaluate the determinant factors of ear irritation in this population. Methods : An observational clinical study was carried out involving 32 unilateral he...

Hearing-aid outcome measured following one month of hearing aid use by the elderly.

This study reports the results of a large number of hearing-aid outcome measures obtained from 173 elderly hearing-aid wearers following one month of hearing-aid use. All participants in this study were fit binaurally with identical full-concha in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aids having linear Class-D amplifiers with output-limiting compression. Outcome measures included several measures of speech re...

Stethoscopes with hearing aid use: Case studies

INTRODUCTION  Description for using stethoscopes adapted to hearing aids. AIM  To describe the adaptation of HAs to stethoscopes used by 2 students in the health field with bilateral hearing impairment. CASE REPORTS  Two subjects with hearing loss had their stethoscopes coupled to HAs because of the individual requirements of their professions (healthcare) to perform auscultation. CONCLUS...

Clinical Topics in Hearing Aid Research

Clinical Policy Bulletin: Bone-Anchored Hearing Aid

I. Aetna considers implantable bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) or temporal bone stimulators medically necessary prosthetics for persons aged 5 years and older with a unilateral or bilateral conductive or mixed conductive and sensorineural hearing loss who have any of the following conditions, where the condition prevents restoration of hearing using a conventional air-conductive hearing aid ...