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Hearing Aids for Children and Teens: Tips and Tricks for Successful Fittings

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1.  A critical component in the fitting of open fit hearing aids to children is the use of the following: Real ear measures Hearing aid test box coupler measures Speech intelligibility index All of the above

2.  According to DSL researchers at Western University, the most important targets to meet when fitting children with hearing aids are: Soft speech and moderate/average speech Moderate speech and MPO Soft speech, moderate speech and loud speech Soft speech and MPO

3.  The RECD is important at assessment as it: Gives us information about speech understanding It assists us in the correction of hearing thresholds from the sound booth It tells us about loudness discomfort All of the above

4.  One of the benefits noted from children fit with open style hearing devices is: Reduction in background noise Improved distance hearing Improvements in localization All of the above

5.  Coupler-based verification is recommended for Infants and young children Adults Adults, infants, young children Coupler-based verification is not recommended

6.  Johnstone and colleagues found open fit hearing devices helped children with the following: Perception of music Reduction of the occlusion effect Reduction of background noise None of the above

7.  It is recommended we use DSL adult with: Those patients with adult size ears. Adults with congenital hearing loss Adults with conductive hearing loss Adults with acquired hearing loss

8.  A clinical tip to assist in the measurement of the RECD with children is to: Use surgical tape to affix the probe tube along the canal of the child’s ear mold Thread the probe tube through a vent in the ear mold Use thread to tie the probe tube to the ear mold All of the above are good clinical tips!

9.  If we do not meet all DSL targets perfectly for (moderate) average conversational speech, we should consider our hearing aid fitting Sub-par A failure Acceptable if we are within outliers of the target (touching the crosses) Both a and b

10.  A limitation of open fit hearing aids for children is These devices are optimized for high frequency hearing losses, providing little to no low frequency gain. We may run into feedback for more severe hearing high frequency losses. They require an ear canal that is large enough to support ear-piece/receiver. All of the above