Srpski arhiv za celokupno lekarstvo 2012 Volume 140, Issue 9-10, Pages: 662-665
https://doi.org/10.2298/SARH1210662Z
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Factors influencing the choice of prescribed hearing aid
Živić Ljubica 
(ORL klinika, Klinički centar, Kragujevac)
Živić Danijela (Medicinski fakultet, Kragujevac)
In our paper we would like to emphasize the complexity of hearing aid
prescription process. It is connected to a series of factors which impact the
choice of hearing aid; type of hearing loss, degree of hearing loss according
to the average hearing threshold expressed within the range from 500 Hz to
4000 Hz on a tonal audiogram, audiometric curve configuration, speech
discrimination ability, patients’ age at which the hearing impairment
occurred, time elapsed between the occurrence of hearing impairment and
prescription of a hearing aid, patients’ age, physical and mental health and
their cognitive function, anatomical characteristics of the auricle and
external auditory canal, patient and parent motivation, cosmetic factors,
financial abilities, cooperation with hearing aids manufacturers. This paper
is important for everyday practice and can be used as a kind of guideline to
the hearing aid prescription process.
Keywords: hearing loss, hearing aids, prescription process