Evidence for Benefits of Bilateral Hearing Aids
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چکیده
This paper is part of a large nation-wide study on the benefits of bilateral hearing aid fittings in the Netherlands. The study is designed to assess the added value of fitting a second hearing aid, to develop tools to evaluate this objectively, and to predict a positive effect from diagnostic tests. Due to the aging population in Western Europe, an increase in the number of hearing aid users is foreseen and as a result there is a growing pressure on the budgets available for hearing aid fitting. Therefore, local governments and health insurance companies are considering dif ferent options for reducing the financial reimbursements for hearing aids. One of the options is to cut the financial compensation for the second hearing aid. It is important to investigate the potential benefit of bilateral hearing aids in order to facilitate decisions on the basis of clinical evidence.
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