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Hearing Aids & Hearing Deterioration

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 1977
The literature contains articles which report that the deterioration of hearing is increased by the use of hearing aids, and others which show that there is no increase. The results of our experience with 261 patients over a ten-year period show that there is no increase in hearing loss in the aided ear which can be attributed to the use of a hearing ...
L L, Titche, E O, Windrem, W T, Starmer
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Hearing aids and hearing protection

Česká a slovenská farmacie
Hearing impairments or hearing loss affect a person's social, professional, and personal activities, and are therefore closely linked to quality of life. The largest group of hearing-impaired patients consists of older adults whose hearing deteriorates with age, but hearing disorders also affect children and people of working age.
Petra, Svačinová, Vendula, Guldánová, Barbora, Vraníková   +2 more
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Method for operating a hearing aid or hearing aid system, and a hearing aid and hearid aid system

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2005
In a method for operating a hearing aid or hearing aid system, and a hearing aid or hearing aid system, wind noises are detected by analyzing the output signals of at least two microphones. If wind noises are present, the signal processing unit of the hearing aid or hearing aid system and/or the signal paths of microphones are adapted in order to ...
Thomas Dickel, Benno Knapp
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Hearing aid and hearing aid system

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2010
For a hearing aid, the information for the hearing aid wearer relating to the state of charge of the power source (4, 4′) or the remaining life of the hearing aid with the relevant power source (4, 4′) is to be improved. To this end means are provided for operating the hearing aid by which the state of charge or remaining life can be interrogated at ...
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Component For A Hearing Aid And A Hearing Aid

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2011
A hearing aid (1) comprising a lid (31), an electronics module (4), and a microphone adapter (15), wherein the electronics module and the microphone adapter provides a groove (30) for sliding engagement with a pivot of the lid, the groove extending partially over the electronics module and partially over the adapter between a position where the lid is ...
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FILTER FOR A HEARING AID AND A HEARING AID

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2013
A hearing aid (1) comprises a receiver (19), an output port (6), a conduit (13) for conveying sound to the port and a barrier element (39) adapted for baffling entry of ear wax and moisture and for being acoustically transparent. The invention further provides a barrier element (39) for a hearing aid comprising a slab having an exterior surface and ...
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Acclimatization to Hearing Aids

Ear and Hearing, 1997
To investigate acclimatization to hearing aids.Forty-eight subjects took part in a study in which hearing aid benefit was measured four times over the initial 3 mos of participation. At the start, 24 subjects were experienced hearing aid users and 24 had never worn a hearing aid before.
G H, Saunders, K M, Cienkowski
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Hearing aid and method of adapting a hearing aid

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2008
With the adaptation of a hearing aid to a multitude of acoustic sources, head movements can be taken into consideration more rapidly. To this end, a position determining device (PB) for determining the current position of the head of the hearing aid wearer is provided, so that with the aid of the position of the head in a processing and separation unit
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HEARING AID AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2013
The invention relates to a method for a hearing aid wearer to actively operate a hearing aid. A signal processing section of the hearing aid has a demixing module for separating audio signals and a postprocessor module which sets up a hold mode of operation for the hearing aid.
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Procedure for setting a hearing aid, and hearing aid

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2005
An in-the-ear hearing aid having multiple directional microphones connected to a signal processing unit. The connection of the microphones can be reversed by a selector switch to selectively switch the hearing aid between a left-ear configuration and a right-ear configuration.
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