Can AutoScope work with Natural Directionality? How does adaptive directionality fit into these directional options? The focus ear in Natural Directionality is always set to a fixed hypercardioid pattern, therefore, AutoScope and Natural Directionality cannot exist in the same program. However many customers have found value in giving patients a second “Noise” program for speech […]
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Will Natural Directionality II be more difficult to fit to older patients? Not necessarily. Approximately 70-95% of the variability in speech-recognition performance can be attributed to variations in hearing loss. The remaining variability can be accounted for by differences in cognitive processing. Central auditory processing disorders (CAPDs) appear to play a very minor role in
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What if the patient has a symmetrical hearing loss but thus far has not worn two hearing instruments; which ear should be the focus ear? The ear that has been amplified should be the focus ear. How many people have the right ear as the dominant ear? Most people will have the right ear designated
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