Compression for clinicians : a compass for hearing aid fittings / Theodore H. Venema, PhD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Venema, Ted, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hearing aids--Fitting.

Hearing aids.

Compression (Audiology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 394 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, CA : Plural Publishing, Inc., [2017]

Summary:

Explaining the many developments that have taken place in the world of hearing aid compression, fitting methods, and real ear measurement, this text aims to make difficult concepts easier to understand and to explain in plain language many topics pertaining to compression. Directional microphones and digital features of noise reduction, feedback reduction, and expansion are also covered.

Contents:

Common clinical encounters : do we really know them?

The cochlea and outer hair cell damage

Inner hair cell damage, traveling wave envelopes, and cochlear dead regions

Early hearing aid fitting methods : why so many?

Verification with real ear measures : yesterday and today

Compression and the DSL and NAL fitting methods

Compression in analog hearing aids : historical development

Compression and other features in digital hearing aids

Clinical benefits of directional microphones versus digital noise reduction

Adaptive dynamic range optimization : an alternative to WDRC.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

1-59756-988-7

OCLC:

1066185497