| What are digital hearing aids? | | | | feedback, or whistling, which often accompanies |
| The earliest hearing aids, like standard telephones, | | | | analog hearing aid use. Analog users often solve the |
| employed analog technology. Digital hearing aids are | | | | feed back problem by simply turning down their |
| not better than analog hearing aids simply because | | | | hearing aids, but this also decreases their ability to hear |
| they are digital; the many features which digital signal | | | | the things they want to hear. |
| processing allows manufacturers to incorporate into | | | | Some digital hearing aids have been designed to |
| their hearing aids are what makes the digital hearing | | | | "monitor' the sounds entering and exiting the hearing |
| aids so impressive. | | | | aids and determine whether or not they are feedback. |
| Digital hearing aids accomplish this by transforming | | | | If they are, the hearing aids will instantly cancel them. |
| sounds into a series of numbers, or "digits". The | | | | Cost Factors |
| computer chips inside digital hearing aids then apply | | | | The prices of digital haring aids vary according to the |
| math formulas to the digits and "maneuver" them into | | | | technological features they offer. Even the low-end |
| controlling sounds that digital hearing aids wearers | | | | digital haring aids will provide great noise management, |
| actually experience. Using computer chip technology, | | | | limited feedback management, and outstanding sound |
| the digital hearing aids can pack a great deal of | | | | quality in ordinary situations. The most expensive digital |
| functionality into a very small area. | | | | hearing aids, however, will allow wearers to hear even |
| Features Of Digital Hearing Aids | | | | the faintest noises, eliminate all feedback without a |
| Digital hearing aids are "smart." The digital signal | | | | corresponding decrease in volume, and have a |
| processing used in digital hearing aids has been | | | | directional microphone which can be turned toward |
| borrowed from the military and music recoding | | | | wearer's front, eliminating any surrounding noises. |
| industries. Unlike analog hearing aids which convert | | | | If you are considering digital hearing aids, first consult |
| sounds into electrical impulses which can be adjusted, | | | | an audiologist to determine the both the degree and |
| to a point, to meet the needs of the hearing impaired | | | | cause of your hearing impairment, and the size and |
| person, the digital hearing aids can actually distinguish | | | | contours of r inner ear. If you have been using analog |
| between voices and noise, and can be programmed | | | | hearing devices, it may take some weeks for you to |
| to amplify voices while deadening "noise." Digital | | | | become fully accustomed to digital haring aids, and |
| hearing aids provide much clearer voice transmission in | | | | you'll have to be prepared to return to the audiologist |
| the presence of background noise than their analog | | | | during that time so he or she can make adjustments in |
| counterparts. | | | | your digital hearing aids' programming, until they are |
| Digital hearing aids also offer a solution to the | | | | perfectly suited to you! |