[Do hearing aids impair hearing?]

Otolaryngol Pol. 1991;45(2):128-32.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

The authors present a group of 25 hard-of-hearing children being under the speech and hearing rehabilitation by use of bilateral hearing aids 4 or 5 years. Only in 3 children there was the deterioration of hearing acuity between the first (initial) and the last audiograms. The probable cause of these changes was discussed and the review of literature was presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Audiometry, Pure-Tone
  • Child
  • Female
  • Hearing Aids*
  • Hearing Loss, Bilateral / rehabilitation*
  • Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / diagnosis
  • Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male