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Title: Hearing Aids & Speech Therapy Center – Listen and Speak in Pune


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www.listenandspeak.in
Listen and speak clinic is a leading Speech
Therapy and Hearing Aid Center in Pune,
Maharashtra. Our staff are multilingual in
English, Hindi, Marathi and other vernacular
languages of India, and understand the importance
of treating everyone that comes to our office
like family.
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What is a hearing aid?
  • Small electronic device
  • Quiet and noisy situations
  • 1 out of 5 who needs, actually uses
  • Three Basic Parts
  • Microphone
  • Amplifier
  • Speaker

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How does hearing work?
  • Sound travels through outer ear
  • Eardrum vibrates
  • Three smalls bones carry sound to cochlea
  • Vibration stimulates hair cells
  • Creates electrical current to auditory nerve
  • Transmits to brain

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Hearing aid technology
  • Telecoil
  • Connect directly to hearing aid
  • Filters background noise
  • Used with telephones, FM systems, and induction
    loop systems
  • Directional Microphones
  • Amplify sounds more from front
  • Better signal to noise radio
  • Improves speech understanding in noise

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What causes hearing loss?
  • Two types of hearing loss
  • Conductive hearing loss
  • Sound obstructed through the ear
  • Treatable with surgery
  • Sensorineural hearing loss
  • Damage to the cochlea
  • Most common type
  • Type helped by hearing aid

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How do hearing aids work?
  • 2 types of hearing aids
  • Analog
  • Converts sound waves into electrical signals
  • Custom built for each user
  • Less expensive
  • Digital
  • Converts sound waves into numerical codes
  • Similar to binary code
  • More flexibility in adjustment

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Analog hearing aid
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Digital hearing aid
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What type of hearing aids are there?
  • BTE (Behind-the-Ear)
  • Fits behind pinna(ear)
  • Consists of case, earmold, tube
  • Sound routed from case to earmold
  • Mini BTE

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What type of hearing aids are there?(continued)
  • ITE (In-the-Ear)
  • Mild to severe hearing loss
  • Completely inside outer ear
  • Not recommended for children
  • Capable of added features
  • telecoil

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What type of hearing aids are there?(continued)
  • ITC(In-the-Canal)
  • Mild to moderate hearing loss
  • Customized to recipient
  • Almost completely hidden
  • Difficult to adjust and change battery

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What type of hearing aids are there?(continued)
  • CIC(Completely-in-Canal)
  • Mild to moderate hearing loss
  • Smaller than ITC
  • Difficult to adjust and add features
  • More expensive

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Cochlear Implant
  • Designed for those who are profoundly deaf
  • Can be used alone or with traditional hearing
    aid
  • Two main systems
  • External
  • Sound processer, microphone, and transmitter
  • Internal
  • Receiver and electrode array

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Future for hearing aids
BAHA(Bone Anchored Hearing Aid)
  • Bypass normal hearing system
  • Helps severe sensorineural, conductive, or mixed
  • Attach to bones in middle ear
  • Bypasses auditory canal and middle ear

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Conclusion
  • Hearing aids are smaller and more powerful
  • Aiming for higher sound quality in the future
  • Accommodate virtually every type of listening
    environment
  • Continually adjust themselves to improve sound
    quality and reduce feedback
  • Closer to achieving gift of hearing

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Contact Us
Listen n' Speak Clinic AddressesShop No.202,
2nd floor, Vision Galleria, Near Kunal
Icon, Pimple Saudagar, Pune
411027 E-mail info_at_listenandspeak.in Contact
No 91 9130528978020 27206605
www.listenandspeak.in
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