TY - BOOK AU - Venema,Ted TI - Compression for clinicians: a compass for hearing aid fittings SN - 9781597569873 (alk. paper) AV - RF300 .V46 2017 U1 - 617.89 VEN 23 PY - 2017///] CY - San Diego, CA PB - Plural Publishing KW - Hearing Aids KW - Prosthesis Fitting KW - methods KW - Cochlea KW - physiology KW - Loudness Perception KW - Equipment Design N1 - 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 ER -