Suitability of hearing aids used by students of Sekolah Rendah Pendidikan Khas Jalan Peel, Kuala Lumpur

Ismail, Noraidah (1998) Suitability of hearing aids used by students of Sekolah Rendah Pendidikan Khas Jalan Peel, Kuala Lumpur. In: Simposium Kebangsaan Sains Kesihatan ke-2, 24 - 25 Apr 1998, UKM Bangi.

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Abstract

A study was carried out to evaluate the hearing aid fitting among 42 students of Sekolah Rendah Pendidikan Khas Jalan Peel, Kuala Lumpur. The suitability of the fitting was measured by comparing the measured aided thresholds (MAT) and the required aided thresholds (RAT), calculated using the NAL-RP prescriptive formula. Results showed that in all subjects tested, the hearing aids used were not appropriate for their hearing losses in which, 80% of the hearing aids provided under-amplification while over amplification was found in the remaining 20%. Paired t-test indicated that the differences between the MAT and the RAT were very significant (p<0.01) at all tested frequencies. The result of this study revealed a high incidence (100%) of inappropriate hearing aid fitting amongst the tested subjects.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Speech/Talk)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Hearing aid fitting, hearing impaired children
Subjects:	R Medicine > RF Otorhinolaryngology
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences > Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Depositing User:	Dr Noraidah Ismail
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2020 17:08
Last Modified:	10 Jul 2020 16:21
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/79272

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