Thread: Hearing aids for profound losses
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Old 05-09-2008, 09:49 AM   #40 (permalink)
jasin
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Originally Posted by Etoile View Post
This is something I have wondered about. What benefit do people with a profound loss get from hearing aids? Is there any point to wearing them? I know a lot of people DO...but is there a point? I always thought profound meant "can't hear at all" aka no residual hearing...so would HA's even help a profoundly deaf person?
Profound hearing loss does not mean you have no residual hearing. Profound just means you have 70 db or more of hearing loss.
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