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Descriptor English: Hearing Aids
Descriptor Spanish: Audífonos
Descriptor audífonos
Entry term(s) aparatos para sordos
ayudas auditivas
ayudas para la audición
moldes de oído para audífonos
moldes para oídos
Scope note: Dispositivos personales que amplifican el sonido diseñados para compensar la pérdida de audición. Estos dispositivos genéricos incluyen aditamentos de ayuda para la conducción aérea y para la conducción ósea.
Descriptor Portuguese: Auxiliares de Audição
Descriptor French: Aides auditives
Entry term(s): Aid, Hearing
Aids, Hearing
Ear Molds, Hearing Aid
Hearing Aid
Tree number(s): E07.305.906.500
E07.814.458
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006310
Scope note: Wearable sound-amplifying devices that are intended to compensate for impaired hearing. These generic devices include air-conduction hearing aids and bone-conduction hearing aids. (UMDNS, 1999)
Annotation: "hearing aid" is correct translation for "prothèse auditive", not "auditory prosthesis" unless you mean COCHLEAR IMPLANT
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 6461
Unique ID: D006310
NLM Classification: WV 274
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2022/07/11
Hearing Aids - Preferred
Concept UI M0009925
Scope note Wearable sound-amplifying devices that are intended to compensate for impaired hearing. These generic devices include air-conduction hearing aids and bone-conduction hearing aids. (UMDNS, 1999)
Preferred term Hearing Aids
Entry term(s) Aid, Hearing
Aids, Hearing
Hearing Aid
Ear Molds, Hearing Aid - Narrower
Concept UI M000755644
Preferred term Ear Molds, Hearing Aid



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