HEARING AID WITH AN AUDIO SIGNAL GENERATOR

Classroom teachers were asked to list the traits they felt were characteristic of the elementary school child who wears a hearing aid. These listings were evaluated according to the desirability of the traits and were studied regarding frequency of occurrence, desirability, and educational, emotional, and social implications. The results of the groupings are discussed in terms of pre-service and in-service training.

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Hearing Aid Gain Usage by Children

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.2002.149 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 149-152 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Kenneth W. Berger

Keyword(s):

Hearing Aid ◽

Appreciable Difference ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Clinically Significant

Hearing aid gain usage by two groups of children was examined. No appreciable difference was noted between the groups, nor was there a clinically significant difference between gain usage by these children as compared with a sample of adult hearing aid wearers.

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The Hearing Aid Effect in African American and Caucasian Males as Perceived by Female Judges of the Same Race

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.3002.165 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 165-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Mary Davis ◽

Rhonda Jackson ◽

Tina Smith ◽

William Cooper

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Hearing Aids ◽

Undergraduate Education ◽

Hearing Aid ◽

Semantic Differential ◽

Semantic Differential Scale ◽

Education Majors ◽

Female Undergraduate ◽

Lay Persons ◽

Males And Females

Prior studies have proven the existence of the "hearing aid effect" when photographs of Caucasian males and females wearing a body aid, a post-auricular aid (behind-the-ear), or no hearing aid were judged by lay persons and professionals. This study was performed to determine if African American and Caucasian males, judged by female members of their own race, were likely to be judged in a similar manner on the basis of appearance, personality, assertiveness, and achievement. Sixty female undergraduate education majors (30 African American; 30 Caucasian) used a semantic differential scale to rate slides of preteen African American and Caucasian males, with and without hearing aids. The results of this study showed that female African American and Caucasian judges rated males of their respective races differently. The hearing aid effect was predominant among the Caucasian judges across the dimensions of appearance, personality, assertiveness, and achievement. In contrast, the African American judges only exhibited a hearing aid effect on the appearance dimension.

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Students as Active Participants in Hearing Aid Maintenance

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.2303.208 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 208-213 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marsha Lipscomb ◽

Peggy Von Almen ◽

James C. Blair

Keyword(s):

Inner City ◽

Hearing Aids ◽

School System ◽

Regular Education ◽

Hearing Aid ◽

Hearing Impairments ◽

City School

Twenty students between the ages of 6 and 19 years who were receiving services for students with hearing impairments in a metropolitan, inner-city school system were trained to monitor their own hearing aids. This study investigated the effect of this training on the percentage of students who wore functional hearing aids. Ten of the students received fewer than 3 hours of instruction per day in the regular education setting and generally had hearing losses in the severe to profound range. The remaining 10 students received greater than 3 hours of instruction per day in the regular education setting and had hearing losses in the moderate to severe range. The findings indicated improved hearing aid function when students were actively involved in hearing aid maintenance programs. Recommendations are made concerning hearing aid maintenance in the schools.

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