An analysis of hearing aid fittings in adults using cochlear implants and contralateral hearing aids
| dc.contributor.author | Harris, Michael S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hay-McCutcheon, Marcia | |
| dc.contributor.department | Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-26T13:22:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-26T13:22:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: The objective of this study was to assess the appropriateness of hearing aid fittings within a sample of adult cochlear implant recipients who use a hearing aid in the contralateral ear (i.e., bimodal stimulation). METHODS: The hearing aid gain was measured using real ear testing for 14 postlingually deaf English-speaking adults who use a cochlear implant in the contralateral ear. Unaided and aided audiometric testing assessed the degree of functional gain derived from hearing aid use. RESULTS: On average, the target to actual output level difference was within 10 dB only at frequencies of 750 Hz and 1,000 Hz. Only 1 of the 14 study participants had a hearing aid for which the majority of the tested frequencies were within 10 dB of the target gain. In addition, a greater amount of functional gain (i.e., the increase in unaided behavioral thresholds after amplification) was provided for lower frequencies than higher frequencies. CONCLUSIONS: Hearing aid settings in our sample were suboptimal and may be regarded as a contributing factor to the variability in bimodal benefit. Refining hearing aid fitting strategies tailored to the needs of the concurrent cochlear implant and hearing aid user is recommended. | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Author's manuscript | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Harris, M. S., & Hay-McCutcheon, M. (2010). An analysis of hearing aid fittings in adults using cochlear implants and contralateral hearing aids. The Laryngoscope, 120(12), 2484–2488. http://doi.org/10.1002/lary.21148 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/15702 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1002/lary.21148 | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | The Laryngoscope | en_US |
| dc.rights | Publisher Policy | en_US |
| dc.source | PMC | en_US |
| dc.subject | Adult | en_US |
| dc.subject | Bimodal stimulation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cochlear implants | en_US |
| dc.subject | Deafness | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hearing aids | en_US |
| dc.title | An analysis of hearing aid fittings in adults using cochlear implants and contralateral hearing aids | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |