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Use of Probe Tube Microphone Measurements in Hearing Aid Selection for Children

Some Initial Clinical Experiences

Hawkins, David B.; Morrison, Tracey M.; Halligan, Pamela L. W.; Cooper, William A.

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University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina

Address reprint requests to David 6. Hawkins, Ph.D., Department of Communicative Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.

Received November 22, 1988; accepted May 16, 1989.

Ear and Hearing 10(5):p 281-287, October 1989.

Abstract

Some initial experiences are described in which ear canal probe tube microphone measurements are used to determine hearing aid settings for children. Decisions are based upon ideas developed by Seewald and Ross (in Amplification for the Hearing Impaired, New York: Grune & Stratton, 1988: 213–267) and Seewald, Ross, and Stelmachowicz (J Acad Rehab Aud 1987;20:25–37) in which the long term spectrum of speech is amplified to desired sensation levels. Case results from four children are used to demonstrate the application and usefulness of the procedure.

© Williams & Wilkins 1989. All Rights Reserved.

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