Lessons Learned From the Outcomes of Children With Hearing Loss Study

In this online chat, two presenters discuss implications of the study findings for aural rehabilitation. The event was sponsored by SIG 9, Hearing and Hearing Disorders in Childhood. Meredith Spratford: Our research has shown that when we use probe microphone verification, we get a closer match to prescriptive targets compared to other methods of verification. Specifically, probe microphone measures provided better fittings (better audibility, too) compared to functional gain (soundfield thresholds). I would also ensure that the child's aided audibility falls within the confidence interval of expected audibility for their degree of hearing loss, per the UWO (University of Western Ontario) pediatric amplification protocol. Elizabeth Walker: To follow up on what Meredith said, the prob...

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