Soundbites S03E01: To fit or not to fit! Strategies for fitting no-to-mild hearing losses
Channel: National Acoustic Laboratories
Date: 2022-04-13

In this webinar, Dr. Brent Edwards discusses the challenges that hearing healthcare professionals (HHPs) face every day including what hearing health recommendations to make for each patient.

Whether to recommend a hearing aid is often based primarily on the level of hearing loss as measured by the audiogram, possibly in combination with a speech test and needs consultation. Recent research, however, suggests that audiograms are insufficient indicators of need, leaving HHPs with the challenge of determining who to make device recommendations to. This is particularly challenging for people who present with self-reported hearing difficulty but very little measurable hearing loss (PTA less than 25 dB HL).

This webinar will answer two questions on this topic:

Should HHPs recommend hearing devices to people with no-to-mild hearing loss?
How well can hearing devices benefit people with no-to-mild hearing losses?