Hearing aids' electromagnetic immunity to environmental RF fields.
In this work, the electromagnetic interference on hearing aids was evaluated. Electromagnetic (EM) immunity tests on different types of hearing aids were carried out, using signals of intensity and modulation comparable to those present in the environment. The purpose of this work is to characterise the interference, establishing the immunity threshold for different frequencies and finding out which types of hearing aids are more susceptible, and in which frequency range. The tests were carried out in a GTEM cell on seven hearing aids, using AM and GSM signals in the radiofrequency (RF) range.
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ARPA Piemonte-Department Ivrea, Via Jervis 30, 10015 Ivrea (To) Italy. s.facta@arpa.piemonte.it
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D040421:Cell Phone; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006310:Hearing Aids; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011846:Radio Waves