Hearing aid is an electronic device fitted to the ear and designed amplify deliver sound ear. Upon fitting a hearing aid, patients are required make earmold impression material for fixation based on patient's personal preference, shape texture of

We compared the output of two electronic middle ear implants: the Otologics MET device and the Vibrant Soundbridge device. Both devices were programmed in the linear amplification mode. Aided minus unaided sound pressure levels recorded in the ear canal (objective gain) were compared to unaided minus aided soundfield thresholds (functional gain) in 13 patients with severe sensorineural hearing ...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Tinnitus is a symptom of high prevalence in patients with cochlear pathology. We studied the evolution of tinnitus in patients undergoing unilateral cochlear implantation for treatment of profound hearing loss. METHODS This was a longitudinal, retrospective study of patients that underwent unilateral cochlear implantation and who had bilateral tinnitus. Tinnitus wa...

Introduction Elderly individuals with bilateral hearing loss often do not use hearing aids in both ears. Because of this, dichotic tests to assess hearing in this group may help identify peculiar degenerative processes of aging and hearing aid selection. Objective To evaluate dichotic hearing for a group of elderly hearing aid users who did not adapt to using binaural devices and to verify the ...

The majority of moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss individuals must rely on amplification of the acoustic signal to improve communication skills. This aim is generally accomplished with conventional air conduction hearing aids [1]. In some cases, hearing aid wearers report difficulties and limited adoption of hearing aids due to ear canal occlusion, pain or irritation of the skin in ...

We study the origin of the Noise-Induced Hearing Losses (NIHL) in relation to the morphology and the physiology of the ear. We describe the mechanical and metabolic effects of the noises on the inner ear and their consequences on hearing. We discuss the importance and the limitations of the protective mechanisms. Finally, we present new possibilities to protect the ear against noise and to trea...

This study aimed to examine the integrity of the ear canal skin and its microbiological changes caused by an extended-wear hearing device. An extended-wear hearing device, Lyric2 (Phonak AG, Switzerland), which is the second generation of the Lyric device, was fitted to 52 ears of 27 subjects. A refit of the device was done for a selection of ears (n = 15) for which the initial fitting was inte...