Do Hearing Aids Meet ANSI Standards?
Measuring a hearing aid to ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Standards should be a first step before any programming of the hearing aid is attempted. While it is assumed that the hearing aids meet ANSI Standards, as measured and sent by the manufacturer, confirmation of the hearing aid’s basic foundation is necessary to ensure that…
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Hearing Aid Analyzers…Factory Floor Testing as a Start
by George J. Frye, M.Eng. and Wayne J. Staab, Ph.D. George Frye founded Frye Electronics, Inc., in 1973, where he designed the FONIX 5000, the first automatic digital hearing aid analyzer. Later work included the 6500, the first interactive real time analyzer. He lately helped with the design of the FONIX Colt, which is the first…
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