AAO-HNSF Certificate Program for Otolaryngology Personnel

Special Testing

• Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) • Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (BERA, ABR) • Pseudohypoacusis • Cochlear Implant Sentence Testing • Hearing Aids

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Hearing Aids Introduction

• What is a hearing aid?

–Battery operated amplifier –Consists of a microphone, amplifier, and receiver

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How Do Hearing Aids Work?

• Microphone picks-up sound and transforms into electrical signals • The amplifier boosts the sound • The receiver converts electrical signal to sound waves and delivers amplified sound to the ear

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