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Hearing aids

Here are entered works on devices to improve hearing ability. Works on synthetic replicas of the ear used to restore cosmetic harmony to the face are entered under Ear prostheses.

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• Audiology -- Instruments
• Prosthesis

• Hearing aids -- Fitting
• Hearing aids -- Law and legislation
• Hearing aids -- Periodicals
• Hearing aids -- Prices
• Hearing aids -- Purchasing
• Hearing aids -- Testing
• Hearing aids -- United States
• Binaural hearing aids
• Cochlear implants
• Earmolds (Hearing aids)

• Hearing aids, Mechanical

• Hearing Impairment and Elderly People (1986), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Hearing loss, hearing aids, and the elderly. Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, second session. July 18 and 19, 1968. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1968), by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Consumer Interests of the Elderly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing aids and the older American : hearings before the Subcommittee on Consumer Interests of the Elderly of the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress, first session. September 10-11, 1973. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1974), by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Consumer Interests of the Elderly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing impairment and elderly people. (Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment :, 1986), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing tests and hearing instruments (Williams & Wilkins, 1949), by Leland A. Watson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Learning to use hearing aids; a study of factors influencing the decision of children to wear hearing aids. Report of the Subcommittee of the Committee on Problems of Deafness of the National Research Council (Teachers College, Columbia University, 1946), by National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on the Value of Individual Hearing Aids for Hard of Hearing Children in School, Rose Estrin Kushner, and Arthur I. Gates (page images at HathiTrust)
• Evaluation of hearing aids (relevant to Service control no.AN-10) [NDRC Aural rehabilitation project (17.3-19) (Cambridge, 1945), by Harvard University. Electro-Acoustic Laboratory, United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. National Defense Research Committee, and Harvard University. Psycho-Acoustic Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing aids; electrical principles of modern hearing aids and problems in design, together with a discussion of audiometry and other considerations pertaining to the fitting of instruments to the varying needs of the hard of hearing. (Sonotone Corporation, 1941), by Frederick William Kranz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing aids; mechanical principles of the human ear, electrical principles of modern hearing aids and problems in design, together with a discussion of audiometry and other considerations pertaining to the adaptation of instruments to the various needs of the hard of hearing. (Sonotone Corp., 1952), by Frederick William Kranz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medical appliances for the elderly : needs and costs : hearings before the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session, June 23 and 24, 1976. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing aids and the older American hearings, Ninety-third Congress, first session (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1974), by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Consumer Interests of the Elderly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Auditory training for children : a manual (Hearing Rehabilitation, 1959), by Mary Wood Whitehurst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selection of hearing aids (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1951), by Edith L. R. Corliss and United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing aids. (U. S. Govt. Print. Off., 1953), by Edith L. R. Corliss (page images at HathiTrust)
• HAIC standard method of expressing hearing-aid performance, adopted by Hearing Aid Industry Conference, Inc., Jan., 1961. ([Duluth, Minn., 1961), by Inc. Hearing Aid Industry Conference (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing aids. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Services and Research Administration, 1991), by United States. Veterans Health Services and Research Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facts about hearing and hearing aids. (Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1979), by Edith L. R. Corliss, United States. National Bureau of Standards, and United States Food and Drug Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• The condition of hearing aids worn by children in a public school program (Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, [Education Division], Office of Education : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1977), by United States. Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study of the comparative value of the hearing clinic program and commercial service for the difficult hearing aid case. ([Springfield, 1948), by Illinois. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Hearing aids (U.S. National Bureau of Standards; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1970), by Edith L. R Corliss (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of hearing aids (Harvest house, 1940), by A. F. Niemoeller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report. (Senate of the State of California, 1963), by California. Legislature. Senate. Fact finding Committee on Public Health and Safety (page images at HathiTrust)

• Handbook of hearing aid measurement, 1983 (Veterans Administration :, 1983), by D.C.). Audiology and Speech/Language Pathology Service VA Medical Center (Washington, Catholic University of America. Biocommunications Laboratory, and Center for Mechanical Engineering and Process Technology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Suggestions for the selection of hearing aids. (U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1949), by United States. National Bureau of Standards (page images at HathiTrust)

• Appendices C through F to the Hearing aid industry staff report : final report to the Federal Trade Commission and proposed trade regulation rule (16 CFR, part 440) (Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Consumer Protection : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by United States. Federal Trade Commission. Bureau of Consumer Protection (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hearing Aid Compatibility Act of 1987 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Communications of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, second session, on S. 314 ... March 31, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)

• Trends in Hearing (2014-) (partial serial archives)

• Hearing aid performance measurement data and hearing aid selection procedures. (U. S. Govt. Print. Off.], between 1000 and 1999), by United States. Veterans Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing aid measurement <1992-> (Veterans Administration, in the 20th century), by National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.). Automated Production Technology Division, Center for Manufacturing Engineering (U.S.), D.C.). Audiology and Speech/Language Pathology Service VA Medical Center (Washington, Catholic University of America. Biocommunications Laboratory, Center for Mechanical Engineering and Process Technology (U.S.), and D.C.). Auditory Research Laboratory VA Medical Center (Washington (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hearing aid performance measurement data and hearing aid selection procedures. (Veterans Administration, in the 20th century), by United States. Veterans Administration. Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service, Institute for Basic Standards (U.S.). Sound Section, and D.C.). Auditory Research Laboratory VA Medical Center (Washington (page images at HathiTrust)

• Medical appliances and the elderly unmet needs and excessive costs for eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures, and other devices : report (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prices of Hearing Aids : hearings before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly, Eighty-Seventh Congress, second session, on Apr. 18, 19, 24, 25, May 16, 1962. (U.S. G.P.O., 1962), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly (page images at HathiTrust)

• The hearing aid marketplace : is the consumer adequately protected? : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, Washington, DC, September 15, 1993. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)

• Handbook of hearing aid measurement, 1983 (Veterans Administration :, 1983), by D.C.). Audiology and Speech/Language Pathology Service VA Medical Center (Washington, Catholic University of America. Biocommunications Laboratory, and Center for Mechanical Engineering and Process Technology (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of hearing aid measurement : 1980 (U.S. Veterans Administration, 1980), by United States. Veterans Administration and Lucille B. Beck (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hearing aid industry staff report : with appendices A and B : final report to the Federal Trade Commission and proposed trade regulation rule (16 CFR part 440). (Bureau of Consumer Protection : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by United States. Federal Trade Commission. Bureau of Consumer Protection and United States Federal Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Medical appliances for the elderly : needs and costs : hearings before the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, second session, June 23 and 24, 1976. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1976), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care (page images at HathiTrust)
• Costs to operate the Veterans Administration hearing aid program : report of the Comptroller General of the United States. (U.S. General Accounting Office, 1975), by United States General Accounting Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Hearing aids. (Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Office of Acquisition and Materiel Management, 1989), by United States. Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Office of Acquisition and Materiel Management (page images at HathiTrust)

• Acoustic signals for emergency evacuation (U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aviation Medicine, 1979), by Jerry V. Tobias, Gerald D Kidd, Civil Aeromedical Institute, and United States. Office of Aviation Medicine (page images at HathiTrust)

• Cochlear implants : April 1988 through March 1995 : 881 citations (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Reference Section, 1995), by Peggie S. Tillman, Lawrence Shotland, Amy Donahue, National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Reference Section, and Md.) National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Cochlear Implants in Adults and Children (1995 : Bethesda (page images at HathiTrust)

• Cochlear implants in adults and children : program and abstracts. (The Institutes, 1995), by NIH Consensus Development Conference on Cochlear Implants in Adults and Children (1995 : National Institutes of Health), Department of Veterans Affairs (U.S.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (U.S.), National Institute of Chiild Health and Human Development (U.S.), National Institute on Aging (U.S.), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (U.S.), and National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of Medical Applications of Research (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Cochlear implants : January 1983 through March 1988 : 420 citations (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Reference Section ;, 1988), by Karen Patrias, Ralph F. Naunton, and National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Reference Section (page images at HathiTrust)

• NIH Consensus Development Conference on Cochlear Implants in Adults and Children (National Institutes of Health, 1995), by Md.) National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Cochlear Implants in Adults and Children (1995 : Bethesda, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (U.S.), and National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of Medical Applications of Research (page images at HathiTrust)

• In the matter of certain foam earplugs : investigation no. 337-TA-184 : remedy, public interest, and bonding. (U.S. International Trade Commission, 1985), by United States International Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Veterans Administration prosthetic and sensory aids program since World War II (Veterans Administration, Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1978), by Robert E. Stewart, William M. Bernstock, and United States. Veterans Administration. Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Surgical and maxillofacial prosthesis. (King's Crown Press, 1950), by Oscar Edward Beder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Modern plastic surgical prosthetics ... (Grune & Stratton, 1947), by Adolph Martin Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Facial and body prosthesis. (The C. V. Mosby company, 1945), by Carl Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Plastic and reconstructive surgery (C. C. Thomas, 1948), by Earl Calvin Padgett and Kathryn Lyle Stephenson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Principles of cleft palate prosthesis; aspects in the rehabilitation of the cleft palate individual (Published for Temple, University Publications by Columbia University Press, 1960), by Cloyd S. Harkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cleft lip and palate rehabilitation. (C. C. Thomas, 1960), by William H. Olin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prosthetic principles--above knee amputations (Thomas, 1960), by Miles H. Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prosthetic devices for children : with emphasis on fitting upper extremity amputees. ([Lansing], 1957), by Michigan. Crippled Children Commission (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The functional and psychological suitability of an experimental hydraulic prosthesis for above-the-knee amputees. Research Division, project no. 115. (Prosthetic Devices Study, Research Division, College of Engineering, New York University, 1953), by New York University. School of Engineering and Science. Research Division (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Maxillofacial prosthesis. (University of Texas Dental Branch and M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, 1960), by Varoujan Tchalian, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, and Houston Texas. University. Dental Branch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Gliedermechanik und Lähmungsprothesen. (Springer, 1920), by Heinrich von Recklinghausen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Greene brothers' clinical course in dental prosthesis, in three printed lectures; new and advance-test methods in impression, articulation, occlusion, roofless dentures, refits and renewals (Detroit dental manufacturing co., 1914), by Jacob W. Greene (page images at HathiTrust)
• Program guide : selection and application of knee mechanisms. (Veterans Administration, 1980), by United States. Veterans Administration. Dept. of Medicine and Surgery (page images at HathiTrust)
• NASA TN D-6512 (National Aeronautics and Space Administration :, 1971), by Robert L. Johnson, Max A. Swikert, Lewis Research Center, and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual of artificial limbs : an exhaustive exposition of prothesis [sic] (The Company, 1908), by N.Y.) A.A. Marks (New York (page images at HathiTrust)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.