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D R Cunningham

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Users' satisfaction with hearing aids.

Seventy-one hearing aid users were surveyed two years after their initial fitting to determine whether they (1) wore the hearing aid(s) prescribed, (2) were satisfied with their aid(s), (3) had specific complaints about their aid(s), and (4) would recommend that a hearing-impaired friend or relative go through the same hearing aid selection process. Ninety-six percent of the respondents obtained that aid that we recommended. Eighty-eight percent were "very satisfied" or "satisfied" with the help that their aid(s) provided. Eighty-two percent would recommend that a hearing-impaired friend or relative go directly to a "hearing specialist" for assistance when selecting a hearing aid.

Consumer Behavior

Admittance values associated with the acoustic reflex and reflex decay.

Acoustic stapedial reflexes were elicited from 10 normal S's in each of three age groups. Susceptance and conductance values were measured for each subject in both the unreflexed and reflexed states and at 10-sec intervals during a continuous, reflex-sustaining stimulation with pure tones. Percentage of reflex decay over time was noted for each group and as a function of stimulus frequency and measurement mode. No significant age group differences were noted. Significant stimulus frequency and measurement mode differences were presented to represent "normal" reflex decay.

Adult