A contemporary review of hearing aids.
A contemporary review of hearing aids is provided with a focus on current styles of amplification devices, the goals of a hearing aid fitting and the signal processing schemes that allow the clinician to meet these goals, and the need to couple outside devices to hearing aids. A variety of new features available on hearing aids that improve the listener's experience with amplification are described. Some future challenges in hearing aid design and hearing evaluation are presented.
Palmer
Catherine V
CV
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. palmercv@upmc.edu
D004867:Equipment Design; D005544:Forecasting; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans