{"id":4370,"date":"2025-09-23T21:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/?p=4370"},"modified":"2025-12-27T01:09:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T21:39:06","slug":"%d9%86%da%a9%d8%a7%d8%aa-%da%a9%d9%84%db%8c%d8%af%db%8c-%d8%aa%d8%ac%d9%88%db%8c%d8%b2-%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%b9%da%a9-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/en\/%d9%86%da%a9%d8%a7%d8%aa-%da%a9%d9%84%db%8c%d8%af%db%8c-%d8%aa%d8%ac%d9%88%db%8c%d8%b2-%d8%b3%d9%85%d8%b9%da%a9-%d8%af%d8%b1-%d8%b3%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Considerations in Hearing Aid Prescription for Older Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prescribing hearing aids for older adults goes beyond selecting \u201ca device\u201d; it requires a&nbsp;<strong>scientific, patient-centered approach with ongoing follow-up<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udfe2&nbsp;<strong>Comprehensive assessment:<\/strong>&nbsp;Pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, and additional diagnostic tests when indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udfe2&nbsp;<strong>Type of hearing aid:<\/strong>&nbsp;Behind-the-ear (BTE) or receiver-in-canal (RIC) models are often preferred due to their power, durability, and ease of handling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udfe2&nbsp;<strong>Unilateral or bilateral fitting?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Bilateral fitting:<\/strong>\u00a0Improves sound localization and speech understanding in noisy environments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Unilateral fitting:<\/strong>\u00a0Considered in specific cases such as medical contraindications, financial limitations, or unilateral hearing loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udfea&nbsp;<strong>Important note:<\/strong>&nbsp;In some older adults, a phenomenon known as&nbsp;<strong>binaural interference<\/strong>&nbsp;may occur, in which performance with two hearing aids is inferior to that with a single device. This highlights the need for careful evaluation prior to final fitting decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prescribing hearing aids for older adults goes beyond selecting \u201ca device\u201d; it requires a&nbsp;scientific, patient-centered approach with ongoing follow-up. \ud83d\udfe2&nbsp;Comprehensive assessment:&nbsp;Pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, and additional<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[36,34,38],"class_list":["post-4370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-32","tag-36","tag-unitron","tag-38"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5282,"href":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4370\/revisions\/5282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hayatmedisa.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}