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Road to the CIC Hearing Aid

Wayne Staab Leave a comment Audiologists / Barry Finlay / CIC / Deep canal / Ear canal / Ear Impressions / Hearing / Hearing aids / Hearing instrument / In-the-Canal / ITC (in-the-canal) / Middle ear implants / Peritympanic / Philips Hearing Instruments / Philips XP / Tympanic membrane / Wayne J. Staab / Wayne Staab / XP Peritympanic

Part II – XP Peritympanic Impact Leading to the CIC Hearing Aid   This post is a continuation of a blog from a couple of weeks ago describing the road to the development of the CIC (completely-in-the-canal) hearing aid. What started as an effort to reduce the occlusion effect for ITC (in-the-canal) style hearing aids, led…

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Hearing Aid Obituary

Wayne Staab 1 Comment Alexander Graham Bell / Audiology / Bone conduction / Bone-anchored / Brain stem auditory implants / Cochlear implants / Hearing / Hearing aid / Hearing Aid Dispensing / Hearing aid obituary / Hearing aids / Listening / Listening systems / Manufacturing / Middle ear implants / Otology / Smart phones / Telephone

Note: This Obituary is written somewhat with tongue in cheek, but history tells us to beware of what we do not know or expect. This is the first of a series of posts on “the Hearing Aid Obituary.” The series is a theoretical treatise attempting to project amplification (actually listening) directions moving forward. Obituary Some…

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