title: Assistive devices: technology to improve communication.
abstract: Assistive devices, such as assistive listening devices, assistive alerting devices, and assistive signaling devices, play an ever-increasing role in the rehabilitation of hearing-impaired persons. These devices serve to alert a hearing-impaired person to changes in his or her environment that cannot be perceived auditorially, maximizing the person's hearing efficiency, enhancing communication, and fostering independence.
authors.affiliation: Williams Sound Corporation, Minnetonka, Minnesota.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pehringer
mesh_terms: D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013685:Telecommunications