Abstract
We followed and investigated the problems of fitting of hearing aids for aged people and of the fitting system used, and also the role of speech therapists by investigating the cases encountered by us over the last five years at the extraneous? department of hearing aids of our clinic.
The results were as follows;
1. The age of the subjects and hearing ability did not significantly influence the rate of wearing hearing aids, while the number of fittings and whether or not the subjects having family significantly affected it. We found that in the cases of the times of fitting over in which the number of fitting sessions? was over 6, the rate of wearing hearing aids touched 100%. We found that aged people prefer to wear an in-the-canal-type hearing aid for a lateral ear than the lateral ear type of hearing aid.
2. It was necessary to counsel the patients and politely handle each trouble wearing hearing aids. The results of the analysis suggested that having raise up the degree of satisfaction of them with wearing hearing aids, also raised up the rate of wearing hearing aids for them the rate of wearing hearing aids increased as the degree of satisfaction with the hearing increased.
3. It is especially important to establish a network and a cooperative fitting system for hearing aids involving otolaryngologists, speech therapists and the shops dealing with the hearing aids. Such a system may be expected to promote the effective use of hearing aids.
