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Science articlesPatient-oriented hearing aids: the specific features of approach and the results
G. Sh. Tufatulin (1), S. A. Artyushkin (1)
(1) Federal State Budgetary Institution Higher Vocational Education “North-Western State Medical University named after I. I. Mechnikov” of Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2017-2-82-87
ABSTRACT
Selection the type of hearing aid is one of the key elements of the hearing rehabilitation process, directly predetermining its efficacy. The authors suggest a method of selecting the type of hearing aid based on the patient’s needs —HASC (hearing aid selection criteria) questionnaire. The study compares the efficacy of the hearing aid when the type of the device is selected based on HASC data and when the correction was made with another type of hearing aid. When behind-the-ear hearing aids are used instead of the completely-in-canal aids (due to contraindications), which is preferable for the patient, it results in the decrease of service life, overall satisfaction with the device and its appearance, the increase in the number of re-adjustments. Selection of receiver-in-canal hearing aid instead of the completely-in-canal does not reduce its life time. Therefore, the receiver-in-canal hearing aids are an option in cases where there are contraindications to the use of completelyin- canal hearing aids without compromising the effectiveness. The use of the HASC method in audiology practice will improve the efficacy of electroacoustic correction and reduce the number of refuses to use the hearing aids.
Publication date:
06.05.2017
Keywords:
hearing aid efficacy, types of hearing aids. For citation:
Tufatulin G. Sh., Artyushkin S. A. Patient-oriented hearing aids: the specific features of approach and the results. Rossiiskaya otorinolaringologiya. 2017;2:82–87. https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2017-2-82-87