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Card number_____ 1 card fld card field id 1 Some Issues in Hearing Aids ?Preparation (academic and practical) of hearing aid dispensers ?Whats typical in the industry? Apprenticeship. ?Should audiologists apologize for only one course? Like Tom Coffman suggested (Phonak rep). ?Much of (non-audiologist) coursework is included in our basic courses. An example is Ernie Zelnicks courses at New York City College in Brooklyn. ?How do you sell a hearing aid? ?Advertise, test hearing, sales pitch, down payment (50%?), ?Ear impression, fill out order form, mail to manufacturer, deliver aid, do some AR, collect balance, [disappear, go out of business — not,] pay account monthly, returns for credit ?Doing the right thing is an economic imperative ?Hearing aid controls and functions, the anatomy and physiology of a hearing aid. ?See stack Phonak 805 ?Introduction to Hearing Aid Selection stack, choosing the prescription. ?History of hearing aids ?See scans (next card), transistor, integrated circuits ?Hearing aids… what are they? ?ITE, ITC, CIC, BTE, programmables, body, eyeglass, CROS versions ?All have the same basic components: mic, amp, receiver, battery, VCW, etc. Major specifications: ?Gain, frequency response, MPO or SSPL ? Input + Gain = Output ?Feedback is a major problem; it limits gain Generally, whats good? ?High frequency emphasis for good consonant intelligibility ?The AI (articulation index) predicts intelligibility ?Lots of lows for good quality judgments ?Good signal-to-noise ratio ?Ideal Characteristics ?Measuring hearing aid performance ?ANSI standards in 2-cc coupler ?Functional gain…the lower the better? ?Insertion (etymotic) gain…in situ, too REUR, REOR, REAR, REIG (REAR - REUR), RESR REUG, REOG, REAG, REIG (REAG - REUG), RESR ?Hearing aid coupling… can significantly change frequency respon