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Real Ear To Coupler Differences In Children And The Effects Of Hearing And Microphone Location, Cindy Richardson
Real Ear To Coupler Differences In Children And The Effects Of Hearing And Microphone Location, Cindy Richardson
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The early identification of hearing loss and selection of appropriate amplification are the most important goals for children with hearing impairment. Selection of appropriate amplification for a pediatric population involves maximizing the hearing impaired child's residual hearing, for development of speech and language. In addition, it is important to consider the acoustic differences between the 2 cc coupler versus the real ear.
During the hearing aid selection process, it is customary to predict how a hearing aid will respond in the real ear, based upon a given 2 cc coupler response. Killion and Monser (1980) developed a formula for converting …