Self-Fitting of Hearing Devices – Part I
Self-fitting of hearing devices is an inherent feature of OTC or DTC (over-the-counter; direct-to-consumer) hearing aids. What can we expect now that this is becoming an active feature of hearing aid sales? The real issue, as expressed by Bess1, is not how an OTC or DTC hearing aid delivery system benefits hearing aid manufacturers and…
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Beamforming Hearing Aid
Is Your Hearing Aid a Beamformer? Broadfire versus Endfire Microphone Arrays This post is the first in a series intended to provide cursory information about how multiple microphones (arrays, or beamforming hearing) are used to improve the SNR in hearing aids by focusing on the direction of the targeted sound. This process is called…
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