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Different hearing aids in patients with hearing loss- A clinical study

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Dr. Prabhat Srivastava1 , Dr. Pragati Saxena

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Background:Hearing loss (HL) can be defined as complete or partial loss of the ability to hear and understand information, which limits or restricts an individual’s ability to perform hearing-related activities. The present study assessed efficacy of two different hearing aids in patients with hearing loss. Materials & Methods: 94 patients with hearing loss of both genders were divided into 2 groups of 47 each. Group I comprised of channels ranged from 1 to 16. Group II had the number of channels ranged from 2 to 16. Patient satisfaction levels was recorded using the international outcome inventory for hearing aids, Turkish edition (IOI-HATR). Total individual subjective satisfaction (TISS) scores were also recorded.

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