Category: Circuit Noise

Hearing Aid Distribution – III

Wayne Staab Leave a comment AAA / ASHA / Audiogram / Audiology / Audiology / Circuit Noise / Custom Earmold / Dispenser / Dispensing Systems / ENT / FDA / Hearing / Hearing aid / Hearing Aid Dispensing / hearing aid dispensing / Hearing Aid Fitting / Hearing aid industry / Hearing aid manufacturing / Hearing aids / Hearing Aids Direct / Hearing Help Express / HearingPlanet / hi HealthInnovations / IHS / In-the-Canal / Internet sales / Lens Crafters / licensure / Lloyds / Mail order / Manufacturing / Open fitting / OTC / PAC / PSAP / Same session fit / SeboTek / Songbird / Starter aids / Zenith

This week is a continuation of the discussion of the past two weeks – on hearing aid distribution systems.  Last week’s post focused on distribution systems related to contract services, purchasing groups, big box retailers, pharmacies, and health care companies.  This week, additional distribution systems that have been tried are discussed.        SAME-SESSION…

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Directional Microphone Hearing Aids And Noise Levels

Wayne Staab Leave a comment Audiology / Circuit Noise / Directional Microphone / Equalization / Hearing aid noise / Hearing aids / In-the-Canal / Open Coupled / RIC / Signal-to-Noise / Wind Noise

In the past several years, hearing aids having a directional microphone option as one or more of the settings of the hearing aid have had a resurgence, especially with those hearing aids that fit over the ear in either a RIC (receiver-in-canal) or open coupled device using a thin tube, but with the receiver in…

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