Use of a Mild-Gain Hearing Aid by Middle-Age Normal-Hearing Adults Who Do and Do Not Self-Report Trouble Hearing in Background Noise.

Conclusions The use of mild-gain hearing aids has the potential to reduce hearing handicap for normal-hearing, middle-age adults who self-report difficulty hearing in background noise. However, this may not be the most appropriate treatment option for their current hearing problems given that only 20% of these participants would consider purchasing a hearing aid after wearing hearing aids for 2 weeks.
PMID: 32603602 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Audiology - June 29, 2020 Category: Audiology Authors: Singh J, Doherty KA Tags: Am J Audiol Source Type: research