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hearing aid
hearing aid (heer-ing ayd) n. a device to improve hearing.
analogue h. a. a battery-powered aid, consisting of a miniature microphone, an amplifier, and a tiny loudspeaker (or a vibrator in some cases of conductive deafness), that usually fits behind or within the ear. bone-anchored h. a. (
BAHA) a hearing aid for those with certain forms of conductive deafness in which the vibrator is a small titanium screw fixed into the bone of the skull behind the external ear.
digital h. a. a device similar to an analogue hearing aid but with the addition of a digital-to-analogue converter and a tiny computer, which improves sound quality.
environmental h. a. a device for assisting those with hearing difficulties. See
alerting device,
assistive listening device.
implantable h.a. a hearing aid in which a battery-powered device consisting of a microphone and electronic processing unit, fitted behind the ear, passes information to an electrical vibrator surgically attached to the ear ossicles.
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Hearing Aids.(Technology Information)
Magazine article from: Health Management Technology; 5/1/1999; 700+ words
; * What Is a Hearing Aid? * How Common Is Hearing...Loss? * How Can Hearing Aids Help? * What Are Different...decide whether one or two hearing aids will be best for...Different Kinds of Hearing Aids? [up arrow] There are several types of hearing aids. ...
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Hearing Aids.(Buyers Guide)
Magazine article from: Health Management Technology; 5/1/1999; 700+ words
; * What Is a Hearing Aid? * How Common Is Hearing...Loss? * How Can Hearing Aids Help? * What Are Different...decide whether one or two hearing aids will be best for...Different Kinds of Hearing Aids? [up arrow] There are several types of hearing aids. ...
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Hearing aids come in dozens of style and prices.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 5/31/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...an audiologist to help buy a hearing aid. Too many people who buy devices...prevents the sale of hearing aids without a medical evaluation...be examined. WHAT DO HEARING AIDS COST? Hearing aids range in...That's for each hearing aid. Insurance often does ...
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 "Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)")
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Hearing aids have come a long way
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 2/24/2008; 700+ words
; ...your grandfather's hearing aid anymore! In the past, a hearing aid was cumbersome and unattractive...fashion statement. Hearing aids have been developed which...Of course Jefferson Hearing Aid features the newest digital...improvement in hearing aids. ...
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Digital hearing aids available to all by April 2005.
M2 Presswire; 2/7/2003; 700+ words
; ...Government: Digital hearing aids available to all by April...to modernise hearing aid services nationwide Tens...latest digital hearing aids free on the NHS, as...as making the latest hearing aid technology available...fitting digital hearing aids (DHA) ...
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 "Detroit Free Press (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)")
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Hearing aids come in dozens of style and prices.
Newspaper article from: Detroit Free Press (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service); 5/24/2002; 700+ words
; ...an audiologist to help buy a hearing aid. Too many people who buy devices...prevents the sale of hearing aids without a medical evaluation...be examined. WHAT DO HEARING AIDS COST? Hearing aids range in...That's for each hearing aid. Insurance often doe
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Hearing aids no longer a stigma
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 2/22/2009; 700+ words
; In the past, a hearing aid was cumbersome and unattractive...fashion statement. Hearing aids have been developed that...technology means the aid does not fill the entire...nursing homes to provide hearing screenings and informational...course, Jefferson Hearing Aid ...
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Hearing aids go high-tech
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 2/4/2008; ; 700+ words
; The hearing aid business has been...covered. Hearing aids used to be analog...is in need of a hearing aid or if a referral...possibilities for hearing aids. The new digital...customers. Advanced Hearing Systems is located...loss, and hearing aid ...
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Programmable hearing aids: Evaluation and prediction of benefit
Magazine article from: Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development; 6/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...RESULTS-Comparisons between the hearing aids showed significant differences...performed best with Programmable Aid 1 on the HINT test, and with Programmable Aid 2 on the other measures. Performance...midway between the other two aids on all tests. Thus, programmable...
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Hearing aids go upscale, high-tech at Jefferson
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 1/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...patient at Jefferson Hearing Aid, touches a button...teaching hearing aids new tricks. It...are suffering from hearing loss at younger ages...Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Fourteen...Jefferson Hearing Aid for 27 years before...brands of hearing aids ...
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Hearing Aids and Implants
Book article from: Medical Discoveries
...nerves of the ear. A Typical Hearing Aid A typical hearing aid contains a microphone, which...electric signals. The hearing aid's amplifier increases the strength...the electronic parts. Hearing aids are manufactured in a variety...
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Hearing Aids
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Hearing Aids Definition A hearing aid is a device that can...boost power when needed. Hearing aids are either "monaural" (a hearing aid for one ear), or...all users have binaural aids. Hearing aids are divided...a person to tailor an aid to a ...
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hearing aid
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
hearing aid Artificial instruments to aid hearing have been in...surpassed by electric hearing aids, which also amplify...maximum use of residual hearing by boosting the input...performance of hearing aids has greatly improved...the gain of the hearing ...
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Hearing Aid
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...resembling the modern hearing aid with a microphone...reduced. Today, tiny aids placed in the ear...miniaturization of the hearing aid continues to be an...smaller the hearing aids become, the greater...Fabricating a hearing aid takes about two hours. Making ...
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environmental hearing aid
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
environmental hearing aid n. see hearing aid .
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