Assistive products for hearing impairments
Record number: 449
Last update: March 2015
Type of document: Lectures
Last update: March 2015
Type of document: Lectures
Author: Canovi C
Editorial data: Dispense Corso di Alta Formazione "Tecnologie per l'Autonomia". Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus
Year of publication: 2015
Abstract:
The lecture gives a brief overview on the essential aspects that concern the treatment of the hearing impairment through hearing aids. After a brief introduction on the anatomic and physiological structure of the ear, the most common types of hearing aids are examined and classified in relationship with the degree of hearing impairment of the patient. The hearing aid professional’s fitting protocol, in all of its phases, is then analyzed : assessment questionnaires, choice, fitting and control of the device. The lecture ends with a brief digression on the role and the responsibility of the hearing aid professional with respect to his/her competences in relationship with physicians, with reference to the principal professional laws regulating the profession.
The lecture gives a brief overview on the essential aspects that concern the treatment of the hearing impairment through hearing aids. After a brief introduction on the anatomic and physiological structure of the ear, the most common types of hearing aids are examined and classified in relationship with the degree of hearing impairment of the patient. The hearing aid professional’s fitting protocol, in all of its phases, is then analyzed : assessment questionnaires, choice, fitting and control of the device. The lecture ends with a brief digression on the role and the responsibility of the hearing aid professional with respect to his/her competences in relationship with physicians, with reference to the principal professional laws regulating the profession.