Speech Sciences (음성과학)

Korean Society of Speech Sciences (한국음성학회)
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Audiological Benefits in Dynamic Range Compression Hearing Aids

가청범위압축방식 보청기의 청각학적 이득에 관한 연구

  • 허승덕 (동아대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실, 동아대학교 의과대학 의공학교실) ;
  • 김리석 (동아대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실) ;
  • 정동근 (동아대학교 의과대학 의공학교실) ;
  • 고도흥 (한림대학교 자연과학대학 언어청각학부) ;
  • 박병건 (동아대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실)
  • Published : 2004.06.01
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Abstract

Hearing aids play an very important role in aural rehabilitation for hearing impaired person who could not be medically treated. Especially, hearing aids with dynamic range compression (level dependent frequency response: LDFR) method concentrated dynamic output range of receiver into the narrowing dynamic range of sensorineural hearing impaired person. Thus, if aided hearing threshold level is improved and uncomfortable loudness level rises, then the users of hearing aids are favored with extended dynamic range. This study aims to evaluate audiological benefits in dynamic range compression hearing aids. To achieve this, pure tone and speech audiometry were examined to 15 children and 3 adults with narrow dynamic range moderate-to-severe binaural sensorineural hearing loss.

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