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Comparison of Hearing Threshold Level and Most Comfortable Loudness Level in Hearing Aid Prescription

Kenneth W. Berger, Eric N. Hagberg, Denise M. Varawas, Doreen M. Vottero

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In three experiments, the predictability of the hearing aid gain actually used by clients was compared with that predicted by using data based upon hearing threshold level and data based upon most comfortable loudness level. At the frequencies tested, the mean difference between the predicted and obtained gain was smaller when based upon prediction from the hearing threshold level. It is concluded that from the standpoint of predicting user's gain, the hearing threshold level provides greater accuracy than does most comfortable loudness level.

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Key concepts: Loudness, Audiology, Hearing aid, Absolute threshold of hearing, Hearing loss, Psychology, Acoustics, Speech recognition