A technical comparison of digital frequency-lowering algorithms available in two current hearing aids.

Recently two major manufacturers of hearing aids introduced two distinct frequency-lowering techniques that were designed to compensate in part for the perceptual effects of high-frequency hearing impairments. The Widex "Audibility Extender" is a linear frequency transposition scheme, wher...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hugh J McDermott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3137629?pdf=render