Challenges and Recent Developments in Hearing Aids: Part II. Feedback and Occlusion Effect Reduction Strategies, Laser Shell Manufacturing Processes, and Other Signal Processing Technologies

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 125-164

  Chung, King ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ALGORITHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AUDITORY CANAL; BINAURAL HEARING; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FILTER; HEARING AID; LASER; MATERIALS; MICROPHONE; MOBILE PHONE; OCCLUSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTICS; AUDITORY BRAIN STEM IMPLANTS; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 14844348844     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108471380400800402     Document Type: Article

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