o , ▁& ▁Dan ish ▁ 2 0 1 1 ). ▁▁ ▁It ▁appears ▁that ▁regardless ▁of ▁the ▁audi ometric ▁pattern ▁( he aring ▁th resh olds ) ▁or ▁of ▁their ▁function ▁on ▁traditional ▁speech ▁testing ▁in ▁quiet ▁the ▁vast ▁majority ▁of ▁suffer ers ▁have ▁very ▁poor ▁hearing ▁in ▁background ▁noise ▁situations . ▁ ▁Res id ual ▁aud itory ▁function ▁▁ ▁When ▁testing ▁the ▁aud itory ▁system , ▁there ▁really ▁is ▁no ▁characteristic ▁presentation ▁on ▁the ▁audi ogram . ▁ ▁When ▁diagn osing ▁someone ▁with ▁aud itory ▁ne urop ath y , ▁there ▁is ▁no ▁characteristic ▁level ▁of ▁function ing ▁either . ▁People ▁can ▁present ▁relatively ▁little ▁d ys function ▁other ▁than ▁problems ▁of ▁hearing ▁speech ▁in ▁noise , ▁or ▁can ▁present ▁as ▁completely ▁de af ▁and ▁gain ing ▁no ▁useful ▁information ▁from ▁aud itory ▁signals . ▁ ▁H ear ing ▁a ids ▁are ▁sometimes ▁pres cribed , ▁with ▁mixed ▁success . ▁ ▁FM ▁systems ▁in ▁combination ▁with ▁hearing ▁a ids ▁or ▁co ch lear ▁impl ants ▁could ▁increase ▁success ▁of ▁these ▁ampl ification ▁devices . ▁▁ ▁Some ▁people ▁with ▁aud itory ▁ne urop ath y ▁obtain ▁co ch lear ▁impl ants , ▁also ▁with ▁mixed ▁success . ▁ ▁Screen ing ▁▁ ▁Universal ▁New born ▁H ear ing ▁Screen ings ▁( UN HS ) ▁is ▁mand ated ▁in ▁a ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Aud itory ▁ne urop ath y ▁is ▁sometimes ▁difficult ▁to ▁catch ▁right ▁away , ▁even ▁with ▁these ▁pre ca utions ▁in ▁place . ▁Par ental ▁susp icion ▁of