Essentials of modern hearing aids : selection, fitting, and verification

Essentials of modern hearing aids : selection, fitting, and verification / Todd A. Ricketts, Ruth Bentler, H. Gustav Mueller.

Topics in this book include audiological pre-fitting testing, needs assessment and treatment planning, hearing aid selection, verification, orientation and counseling, post-fitting follow-up, and real-world validation. The authors review the selection of hearing aid styles and fitting arrangements,...

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Main Authors: Ricketts, Todd (Author), Bentler, Ruth A. (Author), Mueller, H. Gustav (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego : Plural Publishing, Incorporated, [2019].
Subjects:
Hearing aids.
Deafness > Treatment.
Hearing aids > Fitting.
Evidence-based medicine.
Audiometry.
Quality control.
quality control.
Audiometry
Deafness > Treatment
Evidence-based medicine
Hearing aids
Hearing aids > Fitting
Quality control
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Table of Contents:
  • Evidenced-based practice
  • The audiologist and hearing aid provision
  • Understanding the hearing aid candidate
  • Speech acoustics
  • Pre-fitting tests using frequency-specific measures
  • Pre-fitting testing using speech material
  • Self-assessment scales for pre-fitting testing
  • Hearing aid styles and fitting applications
  • Ear impressions, earmolds, and associated plumbing
  • Hearing aid hardware and software : the basics
  • Signal classification and sound cleaning technologies
  • More hearing aid features and algorithms
  • Electroacoustic (and other) quality control techniques
  • Prescriptive formulas and programming
  • Behavioral assessment during clinical fittings
  • Probe-microphone measures : rationale and procedures
  • Probe microphone clinical uses
  • Hearing aid orientation and troubleshooting
  • Validation : self-report outcomes
  • Supplemental information : corrections, conversions, and calculations.

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