1971 Volume 14 Issue 2 Pages 70-74
The purpose of this paper is to determine the standard use of hearing aids in children with sensorineural hearing loss. Follow up studies on the audiograms were carried out in 62 children with perceptive hearing loss making use of hearing aids.
The results were summarized as follows:
1. About 10per cent of the subjects showed more than 10dB aggravation in hearing after entrance to the special class for hearing impaired children.
2. There was tendency in those cases that he aggravation in hearing was improved in some cases.
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.
