Noise Reduction In Hearing Aids

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compensation can be carried out in a hearing aid microphone. Most hearing aids today utilize omnidirectional microphones, which pick up sound equally from all directions. This may be beneficial and practical in some cases, as in the completely in the canal (CIC) aid. The CIC aid uses the natural funneling of the auricle in order to focus sound directly into the instrument. Behind-the-ear (BTE) and full concha in-the-ear (ITE) aids lose this anatomical feature, and may benefit from a directional microphone. “The purpose of using a directional microphone is to focus its sensitivity toward the front of the listener, thereby attenuating or reducing unwanted “noise” or competition emanating from behind the listener.” (Stach 1998)
Microphone directionality can be accomplished by using a single microphone with two sound inlets. In this mechanical method, the time lag created by a sound entering each inlet is precisely calibrated to cancel out sounds from the sides and back of ...

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of the input / output transducers and the coupler type. On the other hand DSP aids can alter the frequency response of an aid based on their design and/or programming. There are many techniques that can be used which are based on type of loss, but since speech encompasses such a wide frequency range, audiologists need to choose wisely which type of processing to use. Minimally, signal processing for noise reduction is analogous to a continually adjusting graphic equalizer for a home stereo system. Level dependent frequency response (LDFR) hearing aids can also adjust their “equalizer” settings based on input volume. Along with standard fitting techniques, subjective client ...

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