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Sonic Spotlight Series: Understanding Fitting Rationales

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1.  Which of the following is a characteristic of a generic fitting rationale?
  1. Prescribes gain based independent of a hearing aid technology platform
  2. Targets can be matched with only a small percentage of Real Ear verification systems
  3. Can be used with certain hearing aid manufacturers
  4. All of the above
2.  Which of the following is a characteristic of a proprietary fitting rationale?
  1. Prescribes gain based independent of a hearing aid technology platform
  2. Targets can be matched with only a small percentage of Real Ear verification systems
  3. Prescribes gain based on acceptable sound quality for a given platform
  4. None of the above
3.  Which of the following best describes the goal of the DSL-5 fitting rationale?
  1. Loudness normalization
  2. Clear and comfortable speech
  3. Loudness equalization
  4. All of the above
4.  Which of the following best describes the goal of the NAL-NL2 fitting rationale?
  1. Loudness normalization
  2. Clear and comfortable speech
  3. Loudness equalization
  4. All of the above
5.  Which of the following is a general characteristic of the Best Fit Fast SE fitting rationale from Sonic
  1. Selected language taken into account
  2. Less compression for conductive hearing losses
  3. Prescribes slightly more gain for males than females
  4. All of the above

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