Case Study
Company:
The company is a supplier to the automotive industry.
Disability and impairment of the trainee:
The woman has a severe hearing impairment and is only able to perceive acoustic information, e.g. spoken language and signals, to a limited extent. Due to her disability, audible information must therefore be amplified so that it can be perceived acoustically by the woman. The degree of disability (GdB) is 100.
Training:
The woman is undergoing vocational training as an office management assistant. As part of her vocational training, she also attends the usual vocational school classes.
Workplace and work task:
During a test phase, the trainee tested several hearing aids. Based on the sound and speech audiometric measurements and advice from a specialist hearing aid acoustics store, she opted for behind-the-ear hearing aids in combination with an FM transmission system.
The hearing aids each have three switchable hearing program curves and a zoom function via the directional microphones. The zoom function is particularly useful for improving hearing in conversations with several people and background noise. The directional microphones also significantly improve directional hearing. In order to achieve normal speech perception, the sound pressure level (volume) is increased with the help of the hearing aids and background noise is filtered or attenuated. To further improve speech perception (in the classroom), the hearing aids are supplemented by an FM transmission system. The FM transmission system is a radio system that transmits speech from the source directly to the trainees' hearing aids using a transmitter and receiver.
The speech is picked up without background noise by a microphone worn around the teacher's neck and transmitted wirelessly directly to the trainees' hearing aids via a small radio receiver that can be plugged into the hearing aids using an audio shoe or adapter. Noise and other negative influencing factors are not transmitted.
The hearing aids each have three switchable hearing program curves and a zoom function via the directional microphones. The zoom function is particularly useful for improving hearing in conversations with several people and background noise. The directional microphones also significantly improve directional hearing. In order to achieve normal speech perception, the sound pressure level (volume) is increased with the help of the hearing aids and background noise is filtered or attenuated. To further improve speech perception (in the classroom), the hearing aids are supplemented by an FM transmission system. The FM transmission system is a radio system that transmits speech from the source directly to the trainees' hearing aids using a transmitter and receiver.
The speech is picked up without background noise by a microphone worn around the teacher's neck and transmitted wirelessly directly to the trainees' hearing aids via a small radio receiver that can be plugged into the hearing aids using an audio shoe or adapter. Noise and other negative influencing factors are not transmitted.
Assistive products used:
Promotion and participation:
The hearing aids were funded by the statutory health insurance and the FM transmission system with the corresponding accessories for the hearing aids (audio shoe and radio receiver) was funded by the employment agency as part of the recruitment process. The consultation, measurements and adaptation of the hearing aids were carried out by a specialist hearing aid acoustics store.
also the address and telephone number of the employment agencies.
also the address and telephone number of the employment agencies.
ICF Items
Reference Number:
R/PB1285
Last Update: 9 Oct 2024