Can hearing aid benefit be validated?
• Absolutely! With many of our patients, a small microphone can be placed at your eardrum with the hearing aid in place. When that microphone is activated, we can measure what you actually hear through your aid: speech sounds, music, environmental sounds etc. and display it visually on a computer screen in real time during your visit. Adjustments or fine tuning can be made while you see and hear the changes. This technique is called LIVE SPEECH MAPPING (LSM) and is another example of cutting edge hearing technology at Francis Audiology Associates. This technique can be used to verify hearing instruments you may have purchased elsewhere!
