Research Article

Hearing Aid Selection By Insertion Gain Measurements

  • Ozan Bağış Özgürsoy
  • Babür Küçük

Received Date: 31.08.2006 Accepted Date: 02.04.2007 J Ankara Univ Fac Med 2007;60(1):45-48

Objectives:

The purpose of this study was to prescribe the first hearing aids with highest performance for the patients who have sensoryneural hearing loss.

Materials and Methods:

Insertion gain measurements were performed in 58 patients.

Results:

High performance was noted for the hearing aids that were selected by subjecti-ve and objective methods. There were no patients suffering from hearing aids, during the follow-up.

Conclusion:

Insertion gain measurements are the practical and objective methods of hea-ring aids' evaluation. The expected performance would be obtained from the hearing aids that are prescribed by these measurements.

Keywords: Sensoryneural hearing loss, hearing aids, insertion gain measurements.