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Fitting Musicians with Hearing Aids: A Dream Come True

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1.  Musicians can be challenging to fit with hearing aids because they: Don’t make enough money to buy the high- end products they need Have good auditory memory and critical listening skills Cannot tolerate background noise Do not like wearing anything in their ears

2.  Musicians often have different reactions to amplification than the typical hearing aid user. One such difference is: Increased tolerance for loud sounds Increased desire for low frequency sounds Increased tolerance for background noise All of the above

3.  Musicians prefer listening to music with hearing aids that have: High compression ratios Comfort programs Linear processing Low input dynamic range

4.  A/D convertors that cannot handle the intensity peaks in music cause: Distortion Compression Feedback Echoes

5.  The Widex Dream input dynamic range is: 97 dB 113 dB 103 dB 92 dB

6.  Hearing aid microphones cannot handle input sounds above: 96 dB 103 dB 115 dB Have no upper limit

7.  The Dream music program defaults to which of the following microphone responses: Omnidirectional with Digital Pinna High definition microphone Omnidirectional Directional

8.  The Dream music program defaults to which of the following noise reduction options: Minimum Off Classic Maximum

9.  The Dream music program defaults to which of the following TruSound Softener settings: Off Plus Normal None of the above

10.  One powerful tool in Compass GPS software for verifying and fine-tuning the fit is: Sensogram Feedback test SoundTracker Compression screen