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Indications
General clinical indications for the use of hearing
aids and tinnitus feature are:
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Presence of hearing loss
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Uni- or bilateral hearing loss
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Conductive, sensorineural or mixed hearing loss
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Mild to profound hearing loss
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Presence of a chronic tinnitus (only applicable
for devices which provide the tinnitus feature).
Contraindications
General clinical contraindications for the use of
hearing aids and tinnitus software are:
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Hearing loss is not in the fitting range of the
hearing aid (i.e. gain, frequency response)
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Acute tinnitus
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Deformity of the ear (i.e. closed ear canal;
absence of the auricle)
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Neural hearing loss (retro-cochlear pathologies
such as absent/non-viable auditory nerve)
Charger:
Please note, contraindications are
not derived from the charger, but from the
compatible hearing aids.
The primary criteria for the referral of a patient
for a medical or other specialist opinion and / or
treatment are as follows:
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Visible congenital or traumatic deformity of the
ear;
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History of active drainage from the ear in the
previous 90 days;
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History of sudden or rapidly progressive hearing
loss in one or both ears within the previous 90
days;
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Acute or chronic dizziness;
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Audiometric air-bone gap equal to or greater
than 15 dB at 500 Hz, 1000 Hz and 2000 Hz;
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Visible evidence of significant cerumen
accumulation or a foreign body in the ear canal;
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Pain or discomfort in the ear;
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Abnormal appearance of the eardrum and ear
canal such as:
- Inflammation of the external auditory canal;
- Perforated eardrum;
- Other abnormalities which the HCP
believes are of medical concern
