A historical perspective on digital hearing aids: how digital technology has changed modern hearing aids.

This article provides the author's perspective on the development of digital hearing aids and how digital signal processing approaches have led to changes in hearing aid design. Major landmarks in the evolution of digital technology are identified, and their impact on the development of digital hear...

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Publicado en:Trends in Amplification Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 7 - 25
Autor principal: Levitt H
Formato: pictorial review tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2007
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Sumario:This article provides the author's perspective on the development of digital hearing aids and how digital signal processing approaches have led to changes in hearing aid design. Major landmarks in the evolution of digital technology are identified, and their impact on the development of digital hearing aids is discussed. Differences between analog and digital approaches to signal processing in hearing aids are identified.