Objective real ear measurements of bone-conduction hearing aid performance.
Conventional bone-conduction and bone-anchored hearing aids are tested with skull simulator devices; individual adjustments are reliant on psychoacoustic free-field audiometry, which can be quite demanding for the patient. A method is presented in which the induced skull vibrations are measured with an accelerometer and then analysed with Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT). With this method, frequency characteristics, harmonic distortion and dynamic response can be analysed.
Laitakari
K
K
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Oulu, Finland.
Löppönen
H
H
Salmivalli
A
A
Sorri
M
M
D001844:Bone Conduction; D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment; D004867:Equipment Design; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans