Changing systems of amplification.
This paper reports on the changing systems of amplification used by hearing-impaired children in the last decade (1977 to 1987). The major changes noted were in terms of ear-level v. body-worn hearing aids, monaural v. binaural hearing aids and FM-wireless v. hardwire group hearing aids (GHAs). There was an increase in the use of ear-level hearing aids, binaural hearing aids and FM-wireless hearing aids with a corresponding decrease in the use of body-worn hearing aids and hardwire GHAs.
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Department of Audiology, University of Manchester.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004519:Education, Special / Q000639:trends*; D004739:England; D004867:Equipment Design; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000639:trends*; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008282:Mainstreaming, Education / Q000639:trends; D014852:Wales