title: A contemporary review of hearing aids.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. palmercv@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Catherine V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Palmer
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005544:Forecasting; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans