Auriculostomy – First Surgical Hearing Aid Approach
This post provides an historical archive to the application of hearing aids. The auriculostomy may have been the first surgical hearing aid involvement in the fitting of amplification in that it provided an alternate approach to the application of corrective amplification involving ear-level hearing aids1. This was in 1975. It was an invention of Charles…
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OTC Hearing Aid – The Audiogram
Many hearing professionals have expressed concerns that OTC hearing aid sales will result in dissatisfied users because: The instruments are not professionally fitted An audiogram is necessary OTC-sold devices (previously defined as PSAPs) are of poor quality and will not meet the needs of the hearing impaired, and Poor experiences by the purchaser will discourage…
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