Question

To whom bone conducting hearing aid will be more beneficial?

• A. One who has sensory hearing loss
• B. One who has sensorineural hearing loss
• C. One who has hearing loss due to malfunctioning of cochlea and acoustic nerve
• D. To people with conductive deafness due to infection or discharge in the ear canal

Answer 1

The correct option is D To people with conductive deafness due to infection or discharge in the ear canal

• There are many people who suffer from deafness due to the chronic infection in the ear canal.
• This results in the discharge from the ear canal. This form of deafness is called conductive deafness.
• The bone conducting hearing aids are the devices that help in conducting the sound impulses from the environment to the eardrum and allows the person to hear sound frequencies.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.