Dec 4
2021
The Technology Used to Treat Hearing Loss Today
There’s a lot of innovative technology that people with hearing loss can now use from day to day. If you’ve never experienced hearing loss, being able to hear properly is probably something you take for granted. But for people who don’t have that luxury, the latest breakthroughs in hearing aid technology are making a real difference to how they live their lives. To find out more about these developments, read on now.
Data Logging
Hearing aid devices are now able to make use of what’s known as data logging. This is when the device is able to store data regarding your environments, meaning that your settings and how the device responds to environmental sounds can be tweaked by your hearing aid professional. Your surroundings dictate your needs as much as the quality of your hearing when using a hearing aid.
Impulse Noise Reduction
Impulse noise reduction is something that hearing devices can now do automatically. It can identify transient sounds in the environment and chooses not to highlight them. It could be a loud background noise or something dropping on the floor. Those unimportant environmental sounds that in the past might have been unnaturally emphasized for hearing aid users. Impulse noise reduction ensures that doesn’t happen anymore.