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The hearing care professional may decide
that referral is not appropriate or in the best
interests of the patient when the following
applies:
• When there is sucient evidence that
the condition has been fully investigated
by a medical specialist and any possible
treatment has been provided;
• The condition has not worsened or
changed signicantly since the previous
investigation and / or treatment.
If the patient has given their informed and
competent decision not to accept advice to seek
a medical opinion, it is permissible to proceed
to recommend appropriate hearing aid systems
subject to the following considerations:
• The recommendation will not have any
adverse eects on the patients health or
general well being;
• The records conrm that all necessary
considerations about the patient´s best
interests have been made
If legally required, the patient has signed a
disclaimer to conrm that the referral advice
has not been accepted and that it is an informed
decision.
Clinical benet:
Hearing Aid: Improvement in speech
understanding
Tinnitus Feature: Provision of supplementary
noise stimulation which can help defocus
the user’s attention from their tinnitus. It is
measured using subjective rating scales.
Charging accessories: The charging accessories
themselves do not provide a direct clinical
benet. An indirect clinical benet is provided
by enabling the rechargeable hearing aids to
achieve their intended purpose.
The hearing aid and charging accessories are
suitable for the home healthcare environment
and due to their portability it may happen that
they are used in professional healthcare facility
environment like physician oces, dental
oces etc.