Due to shortcomings of conventional hearing aid technology, such as unsatisfactory sound quality due to limited frequency range and undesired distortion, occlusion of the outer ear canal, and acoustic feedback with high amplification, but also psychological aspects of stigmatization, a significant of patients in need of hearing aids are actually not wearing them...
Keywords: Hearing implant, hearing impairment, hearing aid, robot assisted surgery, Hrimplantat, Hrminderung, Hrgert, Roboterassistierte Chirurgie
04/2004 | Biomedizinische Technik, Walter de Gruyter