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Hearing aid telecoils: current numbers in the U.S market

Blaha, Rebecca
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1129571996

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2004, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Speech and Hearing Science.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 requires all public facilities to provide assistive listening systems to allow communication access for patrons with hearing loss. To establish appropriate guidelines, the ADA used an advisory panel to make recommendations for the most effective means of increasing accessibility for patrons with hearing loss. Recommendations submitted by the advisory panel on assistive listening systems in 1999, indicated that of the three major assistive technologies-FM, infrared, and induction loop-induction loop systems were the least practical to choose. Induction loop systems are most effective when coupled directly to a personal hearing aid through the telecoil feature. The advisory committee reported that only "30% of modern hearing aids in the United States include a telecoil" and there was a "trend towards smaller and smaller hearing aids" that would not accommodate a telecoil. Personal communications with the researchers on the advisory panel revealed that these statements were not based on research data but were "educated guesses" based on annual hearing aid market reports published in trade journals. To obtain a more accurate estimate of the number of telecoils sold in the United States market, a survey was distributed to the top six hearing aid manufacturers requesting data on their sales of hearing aids with telecoils for the 2002 sales year. Data from the survey indicated that48% of hearing aids sold in 2002 contained a telecoil. Sales trends for each hearing aid style were also analyzed through published market reports and indicated that smaller styles were gaining popularity, however, larger hearing aid styles still accounted for 65% of the market's sales.
Stephanie Davidson (Advisor)
49 p.
TELECOILS; HEARING AID; assistive; sales

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  • Blaha, R. (2004). Hearing aid telecoils: current numbers in the U.S market [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1129571996

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Blaha, Rebecca. Hearing aid telecoils: current numbers in the U.S market. 2004. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1129571996.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Blaha, Rebecca. "Hearing aid telecoils: current numbers in the U.S market." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2004. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1129571996

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