Category: hearing aid adaptive gain control

The First Wearable Digital Hearing Aid – History, Part 2

Wayne Staab 2 Comments Ambient noise / Analog hearing aids / Audiotone / Dahlberg / digital hearing aids / Directional Mic / Directional Microphone / DSP / DSP Group of Israel / Hearing / Hearing aid / hearing aid adaptive gain control / Hearing aids / Model DHA-X2A / Omnidirectional microphone / Programmable hearing aids / Signal-to-Noise / Widex

Design Considerations Involved in Going From Analog to Digital Technology     Last week’s post provided background on how the first wearable digital hearing aid was developed.  This post will continue this historical highlight leading to one of the most disruptive developments related to hearing aid technology – the digital hearing aid.  Specifically, this post…

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The Disappearing Hearing Aid Volume Control

Wayne Staab 3 Comments Behind-the-Ear / digital hearing aids / Gain / Hearing / Hearing aid / hearing aid adaptive gain control / hearing aid target gains / hearing aid user / hearing aid volume control / Hearing aids / Hearing loss / HIA / Richards Medical / Sergei Kochkin / WDRC

First Rule of Thumb A patient will prefer the hearing aid that provides amplification at the level they desire. This is axiomatic regardless of any acoustic frequency response modifications that might be available.   This hearing aid user listening level acceptance may or may not be the level that the fitter or programming formula designates.…

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