Aided masked thresholds: case of deception.
A case of contaminated functional gain measures from internal hearing aid noise is presented and clinical implications addressed. The contaminated functional gain measures underestimated real ear insertion gain. Recognition of this source of functional gain measurement error is essential for accurate hearing aid fitting.
Balfour
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University of Maryland, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, College Park 20742.
Hawkins
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D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000009:adverse effects; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D009622:Noise; D010470:Perceptual Masking