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Nakagawa, Tatsuo	1
Tachiiri, Hajime	1

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Hearing Aid Selection and Evaluation for Pre-school Children.

Peer reviewed

Tachiiri, Hajime – Early Child Development and Care, 1996

Focuses upon the selection and fitting of hearing aids for young children in Japan. Explains fitting methods and their evaluation. Suggests that although most of the schools for the deaf are making serious efforts to establish binaural fitting and use of residual hearing, lack of professional training hinders those efforts. (AA)

Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Audiology, Auditory Evaluation, Early Identification

Use of the Aided Articulation Index (AAI) in the Evaluation of Hearing-Aid Fitting for Hearing-Impaired Children.

Peer reviewed

Nakagawa, Tatsuo – Early Child Development and Care, 1996

Examined the effectiveness of the Aided Articulation Index (AAI) in the evaluation of the fitting of hearing aids, using a sample of hearing-impaired children in a kindergarten and primary school for the deaf in Japan. Found that AAI decreased with hearing threshold level and an AAI of 0.3 is necessary for children to function effectively with…

Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Audiology, Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Tests