Recent Advances in Hearing Aids

Abstract

The experience gained in fitting a large number of impaired persons with hearing aids is presented, showing illustrative ranges of impairment between 30 and 100 decibels fitted with three progressively powered hearing aids. General features of each hearing aid are discussed, showing the circuits and arrangements for peak clipping and automatic gain control. The microphone, air and bone receivers are described, considering features developed for providing optimum reliability in service, such as moistureproofing and design arrangements providing miniaturization concomitant with ruggedness.