Clinical reliability of insertion gain measurements with assistive listening devices

Scand Audiol. 1992;21(1):51-4. doi: 10.3109/01050399209045981.

Abstract

Real ear insertion gain was measured in 14 persons fitted with a variety of common assistive listening devices. Measurements were made in a quiet, but not soundproofed, clinical environment. The reliability of such insertion gain measures was studied, both for short-term and long-term test-retest conditions. The results indicated that insertion gain measurement of assistive listening devices can be performed as a routine clinical procedure. Intrasubject standard deviations were comparable in most cases to those clinically obtained using hearing aids with custom ear moulds.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acoustic Stimulation
  • Adult
  • Amplifiers, Electronic
  • Auditory Perception / physiology
  • Equipment Design
  • Female
  • Hearing / physiology*
  • Hearing Aids*
  • Humans
  • Male