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November 2000 |
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Customer Satisfaction with Single and Multiple Microphone Digital Hearing Aids |
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by Sergei Kochkin, PhD |
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Does directionality coupled with digital signal processing make a difference? Study results point to an emphatic "yes." |
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Cochlear Implants and Hearing Instruments: Do They Mix? |
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by Marsha Simons-McCandless, MA, & Clough Shelton, MD, FACS |
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The provision of hearing instruments with cochlear implants may provide subtle, but important, benefits for users |
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Overview of BPPV: Evaluating Treatment Outcomes with Clinimetrics |
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by Richard E. Gans, PhD & Carl Crandell, PhD |
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CIC Buyer's Guide |
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Completely-in-the-canal (CIC) hearing instruments are the smallest and least visible of custom ITEs. First introduced in 1993, CIC instruments have since grown in popularity to comprise about 14% of all hearing instruments dispensed (HIA statistics, 2nd Quarter, 2000). Today's CICs range from analog linear to digital programmable, and have a great number of benefits beyond their cosmetic value including enhanced telephone use, improved sound localization, wind noise reduction and high frequency gain. This section of The Hearing Review is intended to provide information about the latest CIC hearing instruments. Descriptions of the products listed below were provided by the manufacturers upon request of The Hearing Review. |
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Objective Test Results Support Benefits of a DSP Noise Reduction System |
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by Victor Bray, PhD & Michael J. Nilsson, PhD |
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Significant improvements in speech intelligibility in noise, using objective measurements, were obtained with DSP amplification and a noise reduction algorithm. |
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Improving CIC Fittings by Using a Silicone Ring |
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by Jennifer L. Robinson, MS, Mary E. Meskan, PhD, Bonnie Siu, PhD; Ankur Chhadia |
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A new technique and a clinical study regarding the implementation of a silicone ring around different shell areas of a completely-in-the-canal hearing instrument. |
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