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| Hearing aid batteries used currently are of 2 main | | | | YOUR OWN VOICE: When you wear hearing aids for |
| types zinc-air and mercury although most in use | | | | the first time you will probably notice your voice |
| today are zinc-air cells. There are several different | | | | sounds funny! You will hear your voice amplified |
| styles of hearing aids with their own design and | | | | through the hearing aid. The audio processor has |
| comfort. Some of the different styles of hearing aids | | | | evolved from the original, analog Vibrant P unit to a |
| are the in-the-canal hearing aid, the in-the-ear hearing | | | | digital, 3-channel Vibrant D unit to the current digital, |
| aid and the behind-the-ear hearing aid. You will also | | | | 8-channel Vibrant Signia unit. The Signia device |
| find a few other hearings aids that have a specific | | | | modestly increases functional gain and speech-in-noise |
| purpose such as bone conductive hearing aids | | | | understanding results compared with the Vibrant D |
| (BAHA) for those who do not have an outer ear or | | | | device. Thus speech is amplified clarity is increased |
| ear canal and the hearing aid that moves the sound | | | | and the audio signal is enhanced. The phase I clinical |
| from one ear to the other ear. Custom-made hearing | | | | trial included 7 patients 5 of whom had working |
| aids can even be built into eyeglasses for | | | | implants in the 2-month postactivation period. See |
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