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Hearing Aid Evaluation
The process of selecting an appropriate hearing aid. The audiologist will evaluate different types of hearing aids to determine which is best suited to a particular hearing loss.
Hearing Aid Trial
A period of time (usually 30 days) during which a person may try hearing aids that were custom made for them. If unsatisfied for any reason, the person should be able to return them for a refund (minus an agreed upon trial fee. Often this fees is 10% of the selling price.) Not all audiologists […]
Hearing Assessment
See Complete Audiological Evaluation.
Hearing Assistive Technology (HAT)
A relatively new term that encompasses both assistive listening devices (ALDs) and alerting devices for hard of hearing people.
Hearing Dog
A service dog that has completed a training course to alert its hard of hearing owner to a variety of sounds in different environments including such things doorbells, smoke alarms, wake-up alarms, baby cries, etc. Sometimes called “Hearing Ear Dogs” since all dogs can hear and thus are technically “hearing dogs”.