Designing of a Digital Behind-the-Ear Hearing Aid to Meet the World Health Organization Requirements

Trends in Amplification

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 64-72

  Ferreira Bento, Ricardo ^a   Pires Penteado, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

digital hearing aids; digital signal processing; hearing impaired; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STANDARD; TRANSDUCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEARING AIDS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REHABILITATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; TRANSDUCERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77955896423     PISSN: 10847138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1084713810380934     Document Type: Article

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