Hearing aids: real world outcomes of the engineering feats
Ruth A. Bentler · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2004
It is often the case that software and hardware designs result in profound changes in the way hearing aids function. However, designing engineers must rely on feedback from others’ disciplines as to how these devices are evaluated and used in the ‘‘real world.’’ Directional microphone systems, noise reduction algorithms, and feedback cancellation schemes are all designed to eliminate unwanted interference. How those functions work in the real world, either independently or concurrently, will be explored.