Aids, Cochlear Implants and other Implantable hearing devices performance in sound field is called Aided Audiometry or Aided Audiogram.
Aided Audiometry
Understanding Aided Audiometry
Determining Hearing Aids, Cochlear Implants and other Implantable hearing devices performance in sound field is called Aided Audiometry or Aided Audiogram. This procedure assesses the softest sound a device wearer may hear for distinct frequency signals and provides information about auditory performance and amplification.
Along with representing your levels of hearing loss an audiogram can also show where your hearing lies when wearing your hearing technology. The levels of hearing that you achieve when wearing hearing aids, cochlear implants or bone conducting hearing implants are called ‘aided thresholds’. They are also sometimes referred to as ‘functional gain’. This simply means when wearing your hearing aids what are the softest sounds that you are able to hear.
However it is worth remembering that these represent:
- The quietest sounds detected when presented in the quiet environment of an audiology clinic.
- The quietest sounds detected when the hearing aid or cochlear implant is set to a particular gain or programme at the time of testing
- Aided thresholds is important information to know if you are working with children who are wearing hearing technology as gives you an idea of what hearing levels are like when their technology is working.