Table 7.
OTC | Matching the prescriptive targets for presbycusis? | Match the targets at four or more frequencies? | |||||
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0.25 Hz | 0.5 Hz | 1 kHz | 2 kHz | 3 kHz | 4 kHz | ||
A tone N | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
A tone L | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
B | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
C tone N | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
C tone H | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
C tone L | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
D | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
E | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
F | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
G | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
H | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
I | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
J | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Note. ✓: OTC hearing aid matched the prescriptive target.