CONTACT
ATHENS RHINOLOGY TEAM
Dr. T. Terzis and Associates
Private Ear, Nose & Throat Surgery
11 Dimitriou Vassileiou street
154 51 Neo Psychiko, Athens, Greece.
Tel.: (+30) 210 36 32 922
(+30) 697 22 64 464
Fax: (+30) 210 67 76 962
Email: info@art-orl.com
Texts in any form and language and multimedia included in this website are intended for personal use of the visitor.
Reproduction or use for any purpose without the written permission of Dr Timoleon F.Terzis is strictly prohibited.
© Timoleon F. Terzis 2011
Hearing Aids |
Hearing Aids are amplifiers, which increase the intensity of sound and present it louder to the ear. They are not a therapeutic device. They cannot improve hearing or do harm to the ear. There are several types of hearing aids. Behind-The-Ear or BTE aids are placed behind the pinna and are connected with a transparent tube to a silicone plug inside the ear canal. The Endaural Aids (Inside-The-Ear or ITE) are placed inside the canal and only the upper part, hosting the minute knobs, is visible. Recently, barely visible or completely invisible hearing aids are very popular (In-the-Canal or ITC and Completely-in-the-Canal or CIC, respectively). Body worn aids provide the strongest amplification of all and are appropriate for nearly total hearing loss. For selected cases of Hearing Loss, we use the Bone Anchored Hearing Aid – BAHA. The BAHA transmits the sound via the bone of the skull, bypassing possible defects in the sound conduction system of the ear. It provides excellent sound quality, has no contact with the ear and does not occlude the ear canal. Although modern technology has greatly improved the technical characteristics of the small hearing aids, an old rule still applies: The smaller the size, the smaller the amplification provided by the aid. Therefore, a patient with severe deafness is quite unlikely to benefit from a small CIC aid. All modern hearing aids are digital, and are programmed with the help of a computer, according to your pure tone audiogram. Some of them come with a remote control, and provide different programmes for different occasions, i.e. music listening, theatre, noisy environment, etc. Also, some of the latest models can be coupled with mobile phones by means of Bluetooth technology. Helpful Tips
|