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Programmable Hearing Aids Give Listening Options
July 25, 2011
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Programmable Hearing Aids give its’ users the most options and best sound quality. The advancements of computer science have led to significant advancements of programmable hearing aids. This article will explain what a programmable hearing aid is, how programmable hearing aids differs from other hearing aids, and what features programmable hearing aids offer.
Programmable hearing aids are hearing aids that can be customized to the users hearing loss. Most common, are digital programmable hearing aids. Digital hearing aids use advanced circuitry to filter the sound and regulate the volume of a hearing aids. Nearly all programmable hearing aids are digital today. Programmable hearing aids offer the users the ability for the hearing aid to changed.
A hearing aid specialist sets the programs. The hearing aids are connected to a computer in which different changes can be made to the hearing aid. This is similar to how an equalizer can change music. The specialist changes the different tones and frequencies to help improve the sound for the user. These changes allows for greater clarity in a hearing instrument. The hearing aid specialist in essence is tuning the hearing aid for the users hearing loss, listening, and lifestyle preferences.
Because circuitry has become so sophisticated, programmable hearing aids now offers a wide range of features. These features are preset settings that the hearing aid can be set to. Think of them like the favorite station that you program into you car radio. A hearing aid specialist programs the hearing aid for certain listening situation that the user is in frequently. This allows the circuits to quickly switch and lets the hearing aid produce the best sound quality for the specific listening environment.
Some of the features that can be programmed into hearing aids are:
• Active Feedback Suppressor, it reduces the squeal, or feedback, of programmable hearing aids.
• Noise reduction and speech preservation system- maintains speech understanding even in noise and reduces listening efforts
• Remote- some programmable hearing aids have a feature that you can use your touch-tone phone to change the setting of your programmable hearing aids.
• Automatic telephone response- programmable hearing aids sense the phone and automatically switch to telephone listening mode.
• Wind Reduction- a feature that reduces the sound of wind on the programmable hearing aids.
• Television Processing- is a feature that allows programmable hearing aids to automatically adjust to the preset TV listening settings most comfortable for listener.
Southwestern Hearing Centers offers a variety of programmable hearing aids available. If you are interested in a programmable hearing aid call 1-888-639-8665 today and set up an appointment for a hearing aid specialist to talk to you about all the features that would be right for you. |
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