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Hearing aid evaluations for persons with total postlingual hearing loss
Archives of Otolaryngology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
|August 1, 1978
Summary
Individuals with total postlingual hearing loss can benefit from hearing aid use. A careful hearing aid evaluation is crucial for determining suitability and optimizing outcomes for these patients.
Area of Science:
- Audiology
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Rehabilitation Medicine
Background:
- Total postlingual hearing loss presents unique challenges for auditory rehabilitation.
- Traditional speech discrimination tests may not be suitable for evaluating hearing aid benefit in this population.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the potential benefits of hearing aid use for individuals with total postlingual hearing loss.
- To assess the effectiveness of a tailored hearing aid evaluation process.
Main Methods:
- Conducted hearing aid evaluations for 18 subjects with total postlingual hearing loss.
- Utilized nonstandardized listening tasks due to speech discrimination difficulties.
- Incorporated subjective patient feedback throughout the evaluation.
Main Results:
- Six subjects successfully adopted new hearing aids.
- Two subjects continued using their existing hearing aids.
- One subject benefited from switching the hearing aid to the opposite ear.
- One subject found a suitable replacement for an inadequate hearing aid.
- Eight subjects did not achieve significant benefit from hearing aid use.
Conclusions:
- A significant proportion of individuals with total postlingual hearing loss can benefit from hearing aids.
- Personalized hearing aid evaluations are essential for this patient group.
- Careful assessment, including subjective factors, is key to successful hearing aid fitting.