Comparison of monaural and binaural hearing aid use on a trial period basis.
Thirty hearing-impaired patients compared monaural and binaural hearing aid use for a period of 4 weeks. Most of them preferred binaural hearing aids in quiet situations, but monaural hearing aids in noisy environments. Follow-up at 6 months revealed that 17 had purchased monaural hearing aids, 8 had purchased binaural hearing aids.
D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D004777:Environment; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000592:standards*; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009622:Noise