title: FM systems as primary amplification for children with profound hearing loss.
abstract: The use of FM systems as primary amplification for children with severe and profound hearing loss is discussed. The FM advantage for improving speech perception and for reducing the detrimental effects of distance, noise, and reverberation is described. Both hypothetical and actual cases are used to demonstrate the FM advantage. An evaluation method for selecting an appropriate FM system is described.
authors.affiliation: New York League for the Hard of Hearing, New York.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Madell
mesh_terms: D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004560:Electricity; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D011846:Radio Waves; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013065:Speech Intelligibility