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American Journal of Audiology Vol.9 112-123 December 2000. doi:10.1044/1059-0889(2000/009)
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A Holistic Model for Matching High-tech Hearing Aid Features to Elderly Patients

Carole E. Johnson 1, Jeffrey L. Danhauer 2, and Sridhar Krishnamurti 1

1 Auburn University, AL
2 University of California, Santa Barbara

johns19{at}mail.auburn.edu

Successful hearing aid fittings using high-technology features for elderly patients require consideration of factors beyond results obtained from routine audiologic evaluations. A holistic hearing aid selection, fitting, and evaluation approach that considers patient characteristics from communication, physical, psychological, and social assessment domains is presented here along with a checklist and flowcharts for matching high-tech hearing aid features to older persons who are hearing aid candidates.

Key Words: hearing aids, aural rehabilitation, geriatrics

Submitted on December 17, 1999
Accepted on June 5, 2000




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