Wind noise is somewhat of a paradox for hearing aid users – an idiosyncrasy of the physics of a microphone. You rarely, if ever, hear people who don’t wear hearing aids complain about wind noise. Microphones are designed to pick up sound and are therefore a key component for every hearing aid. They bring many advantages and the introduction of two microphones into the same hearing aid has been ...

BACKGROUND Data suggest that having high expectations about hearing aids results in better overall outcome. However, some have postulated that excessively high expectations will result in disappointment and thus poor outcome. It has been suggested that counseling patients with unrealistic expectations about hearing aids prior to fitting may be beneficial. Data, however, are mixed as to the effe...

Recent progress on the development of an ear-level digital hearing aid is described. The work includes development of a body-wearable digital hearing aid and a computer-based hearing evaluation system that exploits the flexibility afforded by digital signal processing. The prescriptive criteria and fitting procedure used with the digital hearing aid are described briefly. Design considerations ...

The goals of this investigation were to determine whether hearing aid benefit improved significantly over the first 10 weeks of hearing aid use and whether time-related changes in benefit (if any) were affected by the type of benefit measurement (i.e., objective or subjective). A total of 17 hearing-impaired subjects participated, with different subjects completing different phases of the study...

Binaural Spatial Mapping Optimizes Real – World Hearing Aid Behavior For decades, researchers and clinicians have emphasized the importance of bilateral hearing aid fittings in minimizing disruptions to the exquisitelytuned binaural auditory system. The availability of hearing aids with wireless features has renewed interest in the subject, and focused the discussion on signal processing. This ...

Interventions: We created 2 modules in the Effectiveness of Auditory Rehabilitation (EAR) scale. The first module (Inner EAR) covers intrinsic hearing issues such as hearing in quiet and hearing in noise and is administered both before and after treatment. The second module (Outer EAR) covers extrinsic (hearing-aid related) issues such as comfort, appearance, and convenience and is administered...

BACKGROUND Hearing loss impacts on cognitive, social and physical functioning. Both hearing loss and hearing aid use vary across population subgroups. We examined whether hearing loss, and reported current hearing aid use among persons with hearing loss, were associated with different markers of socioeconomic status (SES) in a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling middle-aged a...