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My beef with the whole thing is that it ignores half of the equation. There are 2 main issues with hearing loss assessment physical amount of loss and CLARITY OF SOUND THAT IS HEARD! yeah I shouted so you all can hear me The second is more important than the first and is totally ignored by many hearing loss professionals. It does not matter how loud the sound is, if its not clear so you cannot understand it then its pretty much useless... This also explains why you often have many mild and moderate loss persons in DHH schools and programs and many have poor or no usable speech skills...
For example most people with CI's can have the maps to where their hearing is in the "speech banana" but if the clarity of sound is not there then its still useless..

<blockquote data-quote="soutthpaw" data-source="post: 2089222" data-attributes="member: 47591">My beef with the whole thing is that it ignores half of the equation.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are 2 main issues with hearing loss assessment physical amount of loss and CLARITY OF SOUND THAT IS HEARD!&nbsp; yeah I shouted so you all can hear me<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":laugh2:" title="Laugh 2&nbsp; &nbsp; :laugh2:" data-shortname=":laugh2:" /><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh2.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":laugh2:" title="Laugh 2&nbsp; &nbsp; :laugh2:" data-shortname=":laugh2:" />&nbsp; The second is more important than the first and is totally ignored by many hearing loss professionals.&nbsp;&nbsp; It does not matter how loud the sound is, if its not clear so you cannot understand it then its pretty much useless... This also explains why you often have many mild and moderate loss persons in DHH schools and programs and many have poor or no usable speech skills...&nbsp; For example most people with CI's can have the maps to where their hearing is in the &quot;speech banana&quot; but if the clarity of sound is not there then its still useless..</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soutthpaw, post: 2089222, member: 47591"] My beef with the whole thing is that it ignores half of the equation. There are 2 main issues with hearing loss assessment physical amount of loss and CLARITY OF SOUND THAT IS HEARD! yeah I shouted so you all can hear me:laugh2::laugh2: The second is more important than the first and is totally ignored by many hearing loss professionals. It does not matter how loud the sound is, if its not clear so you cannot understand it then its pretty much useless... This also explains why you often have many mild and moderate loss persons in DHH schools and programs and many have poor or no usable speech skills... For example most people with CI's can have the maps to where their hearing is in the "speech banana" but if the clarity of sound is not there then its still useless.. [/QUOTE]

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