Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to determine the standard use of hearing aids in young children with sensorineural hearing loss. Follow up studies on the audiograms were carried out in 42 children with perceptive hearing loss making use of hearing aids.
The results were summarized as follows:
1. About 7 per cent of the subjects showed more than 15dB aggravation in hearing after entrance to the special class for hearing impaired children.
2. There was tendency in those cases that the longer the use of hearing aid, the more the aggravation in hearing.
3. No definite evidence of acoustic trauma due to the use of hearing aid was found in the residual hearing.
4. Adequate guidance and superintendance are essential for hearing impaired children to use hearing aid effectively.
