[The age effect in evaluation of hearing aid benefits by speech audiometry].

CONCLUSION: The intended goal of hearing aid prescription, the match between maximum monosyllabic perception and word recognition score with hearing aids within 5 to 10 %, is not achieved in the elderly population. PMID: 26801889 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26801889?dopt=Abstract

Source: HNO - January 24, 2016 Category: ENT & OMF Tags: HNO Source Type: research