J Am Acad Audiol 2002; 13(09): 503-520
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1716012
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American Academy of Audiology. All rights reserved. (2002) American Academy of Audiology

Factors Ensuring Consistent Audibility in Pediatric Hearing Aid Fitting

Francis Kuk
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Andre Marcoux
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07 August 2020 (online)

Ensuring consistent audibility is an important objective when fitting hearing aids to children. This article reviews the factors that could affect the audibility of the speech signals to children. These factors range from a precise determination of the child's hearing loss to an accurate specification of gain in the chosen hearing aids. In addition, hearing aid technology and features such as multichannel processing, directional microphones, and feedback cancellation that could affect the achievement of consistent audibility are reviewed.