Modern Hearing Aids: Verification, Outcome Measures, And Followup

Modern Hearing Aids: Function, Features, and Advanced Algorithms focuses on the selection and fitting of hearing aids and the outcome procedures and measures that follow. The worldrenowned authors provide guidance for selecting prescriptive fitting approaches and detailed protocols for the use of behavioral measures and realear speech mapping to both verify the fitting and assess special hearing aid features. Extensive discussion is included regarding the techniques, procedures, and test protocols for probemicrophone measures. The authors have included numerous postfitting tests that can be conducted along with stepbystep protocols for their administration and scoring. Followup care and auditory training options also are reviewed.Written in an accessible and easytoread style, this text includes not only reference information, but also tools supported by research and clinical experience. The information is presented in a way that is both accessible to clinical students with little experience in the field and with enough depth for even the serious hearing aid researcher.Key Features: Brief paragraphs identified as Technical Tips, Key Concepts, Things to Remember, Points to Ponder and Soapbox for quick reference Endnotes at the back of the bookinteresting tidbits of information not quite relevant enough to include in the chapters, but too good to toss aside Humor infused throughout