Investigating Hearing Aid Frequency Response Curves

Inclusion Criteria

• •N2 - N4 Hearing losses
• •Health Outer ear
• •no visible congenital or traumatic deformity of the outer ear
• •Symmetrical hearing loss - no air-bone gap greater than 10 dB at all 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz.
• •Ability to answer questions and repeat sentences
• •No history of problematic tinnitus or pain/discomfort from loud sounds
• •No history of active drainage from the ears in the past 90 daysInformed consent as documented by signature
• •Willingness to wear different styles of couplings
• •Willingness to wear binaural fitting
• •Experienced Users = more than 3 months of hearing aid experience. If not more than 3 months, they will be considered a new user (Experience will not exclude them from study, only will be used to categorize them)
• •Ability to travel throughout facility