[Auditory and corporal laterality, logoaudiometry, and monaural hearing aid gain].
OBJECTIVE
To identify the auditory or clinical test that has the best correlation with the ear in which we apply the monaural hearing aid in symmetric bilateral hearing loss.


METHODS
A total of 37 adult patients with symmetric bilateral hearing loss were examined regarding the correlation between the best score in speech discrimination test, corporal laterality, auditory laterality with dichotic digits in Spanish and score for filtered words with monaural hearing aid.


RESULTS
The best correlation was obtained between auditory laterality and gain with hearing aid (0.940).


CONCLUSIONS
The dichotic test for auditory laterality is a good tool for identifying the best ear in which to apply a monaural hearing aid. The results of this paper suggest the necessity to apply this test in patients before a hearing aid is indicated.
Benavides
Mariela
M
Investigación en Medicina Familiar. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. México.
Peñaloza-López
Yolanda R
YR
de la Sancha-Jiménez
Sabino
S
García Pedroza
Felipe
F
Gudiño
Paula K
PK
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000379:methods*; D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D004007:Dichotic Listening Tests; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*