What is “advanced signal processing”?
Advanced signal processing allows the hearing aid to change sounds coming into the ear to improved communication in more difficult listening environments. In the past decade, hearing aids have become programmable. A programmable device contains a computer microchip that the audiologist can program on a computer in the audiologist’s office. These programmable adjustments to the signal processing can benefit the hearing aid users’ speech understanding. This is a major advancement in technology that benefits you the hearing aid wearer. The hearing aid can be re-programmed if your hearing changes or if your listening environment changes. Programmability gives the audiologist greater flexibility in meeting your individual needs. Some programmable features that can be adjusted on the audiologist’s computer: • Automatic Signal Processing is a feature that adjusts the amount of amplification for some sounds and improve speech understanding. It can make soft sounds like speech louder than the b
