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25. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Audiologie

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Audiologie e. V.

01.03. - 03.03.2023, Köln

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Sensor opportunities for hearing aids: beyond the microphone

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  • presenting/speaker Henning Schepker - Starkey, Eden Prairie, USA
  • Martin McKinney - Starkey, Eden Prairie, USA

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Audiologie e.V.. 25. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Audiologie. Köln, 01.-03.03.2023. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2023. Doc011

doi: 10.3205/23dga011, urn:nbn:de:0183-23dga0110

Published: March 1, 2023

© 2023 Schepker et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Traditionally, hearing aids have been equipped microphones to sense the acoustic environment around them in order to provide correct levels of amplification to those with hearing loss. More recently, hearing aids have included other sensors, e.g., inertial motion units (IMU), to extend sensing capabilities and allow for additional applications. In this talk we will outline opportunities for the integration of different sensors into hearing aids that go beyond the existing microphones and explain their potential to improve and expand the performance of future hearing aids.