Hearing Aids help people with hearing loss and have been available for many years in the form of analog amplifiers. More recently, developments in the area of digital and DSP have enhanced the features and capabilities for greater quality of life for the user. On the way are models with remote controlled "tunable" and even disposable units.
Scientists are building a new bionic ear coated in a smart plastic that boosts the growth of nerve cells in the inner ear when it's zapped with electricity.
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Even with the best hearing instruments, most hearing impaired people notice that they have difficulty hearing in certain situations such as using (cell) phones, watching television, during a...
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AMI Semiconductor (NASDAQ: AMIS), a designer and manufacturer of state-of-the-art integrated mixed-signal and structured digital products for the automotive, medical and industrial sectors, has...
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NXP announced a single chip ultra low power radio for use in hearing systems developed in collaboration with Phonak for CORE-based hearing systems and wireless accessories.
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By Steve Kennelly, Microchip Technology, Inc. The recent ruckus over the newly available vaccine for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) got me thinking about the possible future of implanted electronic medical devices.
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Most recent hearing aids developments implement digital processors to enhance the features and capabilities for higher quality of life for the user. Models are coming with remote controlled tuning...
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DUET DIGITAL is a high end DSP system with advanced adaptive algorithms. The signal processing algorithms run on a hardware platform which is a combination of a high-fidelity CODEC and a...
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The ZL70101 is a high performance half duplex RF communications link for medical implantable applications.
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Toccata Plus is a high performance, reconfigurable digital signal processing (DSP) audio system that is based on AMI Semiconductor's patented second-generation SignaKlara technology. This highly...
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This paper presents a system that detects and limits acoustic shock while attempting to preserve a high level of speech intelligibility during the shock. The system is based on an ultra-low power,...
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This article proposes a novel design technique for very low-voltage (down to 1V) audio Systems-on-a-Chip based on the Log Companding theory and the MOSFET operating in subthreshold. A wide variety...
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This Reference Design describes ZiLOG’s Z8 Encore! XP based power sourcing equipment (PSE) design for Power over Ethernet (PoE) enabled devices connected to local area network (LAN). Power...
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The Texas Instruments AIC111 is a TI µPower DSP compatible, or microcontroller compatible audio codec product, or analog interface circuit. The AIC111 is part of a comprehensive family of DSP/µC...
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Targeting in-ear digital hearing aids and other small high-demand listening devices such as cochlear implants, New Generation zinc-air batteries provide 1.4 V in each of five models delivering from...
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By Steve Kennelly, Microchip Technology, Inc. The recent ruckus over the newly available vaccine for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) got me thinking about the possible future of implanted electronic medical devices.