秋田県における補聴器相談事業の進展―23年間の統計―

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In response to the many complaints by the hearing-impaired about poorly fitted hearing aid obtained at hearing-aid shops and to dispense the most appropriate hearing aids, we opened a consultation clinic at the Akita Medical Center in 1986.
In 1999, we introduced a microbus to make the rounds of ear, nose, and throat ENT, clinics in the prefecture.
From 1986 to 2008, we saw 12,156 subjects and dispensed new hearing aids to about 70%. Hearing-aid fitting and dispensing by ENT doctors, auditory paramedical staff, and hearing-aid shops thus proved very useful to the hearing-impaired requiring hearing-aid assistance.