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Technical and Audiological Factors in the Implementation and Use of Digital Signal Processing Hearing Aids

Fully digital hearing aids, to be worn behind or within the ear, are coming onto the market. The new problems and possibilities of such aids are both technological and audiological in character. This paper describes some of the challenges and one manufacturer's approach to them. The signal processing structure in Oticon's digital hearing aid is presented and justified in audiological terms.

Author: Naylor, G.
Affiliation: Oticon Research Unit, Snekkersten, Denmark
AES Convention:100 (May 1996) Paper Number:4150 Import into BibTeX
Subject:Psychoacoustics, Hearing, and Hearing Instruments

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