Thirty-two kinds of hearing aid, 17 box type and 15 B. T. E.-type, were tested according to Japanase Industrial Standard (JIS C5512-1981) whether they fulfil or not the requirments given by the welfare law for physically disabled persons. Four did not meet to the requirments and they had no maximum control of the out put of sound. Five had no tone control, and it was supposed that they had difficulty to fit to the patients' ears according to their audiograms.
The requirments of the welfare law seemed unsatisfactory, and the authors concluded that the requirments should be revised.