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On the problems of fitting an individual hearing aid: a case story. 1978

H Bergenstoff

For a fourteen-year old girl with a pronounced ski-slope bilateral hearing loss of 100-120 dB and with a dynamic range of approx. 10 dB, a tailor-made true binaural hearing aid was made. Establishing the acoustical characteristics of the hearing aid based on details from audiograms proved not to yield satisfactory results. Consequently an adjustment of the acoustical data according to the method of trial and error was initiated. By applying this method, a satisfactory result was obtained. The suitability of an audiogram to describe the optimum characteristics of hearing aids may thus be questioned. Likewise it seems substantiated that it is possible to compensate for even very difficult hearing losses by tailoring the acoustical characteristics of the hearing aid very carefully. Consequences of the individual fitting of hearing aids in general will be discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003258	Consumer Behavior	Behavior associated with the procurement of goods, services, or experiences.	Consumer Preference,Consumer Satisfaction,Behavior, Consumer,Behaviors, Consumer,Consumer Behaviors,Consumer Preferences,Preference, Consumer,Preferences, Consumer,Satisfaction, Consumer
D005260	Female		Females
D006310	Hearing Aids	Wearable sound-amplifying devices that are intended to compensate for impaired hearing. These generic devices include air-conduction hearing aids and bone-conduction hearing aids. (UMDNS, 1999)	Ear Molds, Hearing Aid,Aid, Hearing,Aids, Hearing,Hearing Aid
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000162	Acoustics	The branch of physics that deals with sound and sound waves. In medicine it is often applied in procedures in speech and hearing studies. With regard to the environment, it refers to the characteristics of a room, auditorium, theatre, building, etc. that determines the audibility or fidelity of sounds in it. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)	Acoustic
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D034381	Hearing Loss	A general term for the complete or partial loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears.	Deafness, Transitory,Hearing Impairment,Hearing Loss, Transitory,Hypoacusis,Transitory Hearing Loss,Deafnesses, Transitory,Hypoacuses,Loss, Hearing,Loss, Transitory Hearing,Transitory Deafness,Transitory Deafnesses,Transitory Hearing Losses