Seventeen-year old Wayne has convinced his parents to buy him a new hearing aid.Wayne is interested in a smaller aid with a digital signal processor.In a few months,Wayne will be a college freshman.He knows that the classrooms at his university are equipped with an induction loop sound-field system.Wayne wants a hearing aid that will be compatible with the university's sound-field system and he wants to be able to use the telephone with his aid.He also wants to be able to adjust the volume when attending large social gatherings.His bilateral conductive hearing loss is mild in both ears.Wayne is a candidate for an)
A)Cochlear implant B)Bone conduction aid C)In-the-ear hearing aid D)In-the-canal hearing aid
To assess the benefits of an AR program,the audiologists survey family members of patients to measure level of improvement in communication after treatment.
A)This is a subjective measure. B)This is an objective measure. C)This approach combines subjective and objective measures. D)None of the above