title: Digital hearing aids and future directions for hearing aids.
abstract: In recent years many technical evolutions have been applied in hearing aids. In this paper differences between analog, programmable and fully digital hearing aids, the basic and supplementary functions of a hearing aid, and some important issues and future directions for digital hearing aids will be mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Lab. Exp. ORL/ENT-Dept., K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. jan.wouters@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wouters
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Geurts
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laneau
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Luts
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Maj
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moonen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Royackers
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spriet
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Van den Bogaert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Wieringen
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers / Q000639:trends*; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000639:trends*; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans