In article <3rcaqe$3u at utdallas.edu>, <dybala at utdallas.edu> wrote:
>The consensus of some of the audiologists around here is that
>the computer does a pretty good job of estimating the patients
>loudness growth curve from the audiogram so the audiogram only program
>will be used
>first and then if the patient has problems with the program the aids
>will be reprogrammed at the 30 day followup
>using the LGOB test. It is, (audiogram only) as with any
>estimating device, capable of estimating curves for most users, so for
>all of the patients who fall outside of the two standard deviations from
>the average use the LGOB.
>Hope this helps.
I have a related question about the Resounds. What range of hearing
losses do they fit well? Especially, what is the worst hearing loss
that can be corrected by a Resound well enough for the person to use
the telephone? If a deafened person, with good speech and past
understanding of speech, can't discriminate speech at all now with a
normal hearing aid, can a Resound work well enough for that person to
let them discriminate speech well?
At what point would you recommend they get a cochlear implant instead
of a Resound? That is, what would the typical audiogram look like at
the borderline between choosing one of those two solutions?
