Venema, Ted,

Compression for clinicians : a compass for hearing aid fittings / Theodore H. Venema, PhD. - Third edition. - xiii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Common clinical encounters : do we really know them? -- The cochlea and outer hair cell damage -- Inner hair cell damage, traveling wave envelopes, and cochlear dead regions -- Early hearing aid fitting methods : why so many? -- Verification with real ear measures : yesterday and today -- Compression and the DSL and NAL fitting methods -- Compression in analog hearing aids : historical development -- Compression and other features in digital hearing aids -- Clinical benefits of directional microphones versus digital noise reduction -- Adaptive dynamic range optimization : an alternative to WDRC.

9781597569873 (alk. paper) 1597569879 (alk. paper)

2016056749


Hearing Aids
Prosthesis Fitting--methods
Cochlea--physiology
Loudness Perception
Equipment Design

RF300 / .V46 2017

617.89 VEN

WV 274