Hi,
My daughter was diagnosed with hearing loss almost a year ago. We were all set to get her hearing aids through the hospital which diagnosed her, but due to insurance issues we were referred to another audiologist. This audiologist told us we only needed a hearing aid in one ear. Again, we were all set to buy a hearing aid, one this time, but the audiologist wasn’t trained to fit the waterproof hearing aids we wanted. So, we saw a third audiologist, who said she doesn’t need hearing aids. He thought that the amount of improvement that the hearing aid would provide would be negligible. So, we decided no hearing aids. However, she has articulation issues and there is some debate as to whether hearing aid(s) would help with her speech. The speech teachers say no, the audiologist say yes. What do you think? Her latest evaluation results are below:
SRT- RE 20 96%/55dbhl
LE 20 88%/55dbhl WIPI utilized
250 500 1000 2000 4000 6000 8000
RE 20 20 20 25 25 35 30
LE 20 25 30 30 35 35 30