A musician’s wish list for his hearing aids
Rick Ledbetter is a long time professional bass player and composer with a profound, late onset hearing loss. He has been programming his own aids through several sets, to meet his needs for live performance. Rick is quite thoughtful about this area. In April 2016 I had an open letter to hard of hearing musicians,…
Read MoreAn extra 4 decibels
An extra 4 decibels does not seem like a lot but it is when it comes to the new hearing aid microphones. Recently modern hearing aid microphones could only transduce up to 115 dB SPL (with 3-4% of distortion). Actually that had been the case since the late 1980s. However, the newest incarnation of microphones…
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