Difference Between Analog and Digital Hearing Aids (1)

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Difference Between Analog and Digital Hearing
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Analog Hearing Aids

• It amplify the sound wave by making it larger.
• It is an oldest transmission technology.
• It amplify the incoming sounds.
• Sone analog hearing aids are programmable.
• It contain a microchip which store multiple
  program or settings to produce various listening
  environment.

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Advantages of analog hearing aids

• Cost of the analog hearing aids is less than
  digital hearing aids
• It is more powerful than digital hearing aids
• Automatically adapts to changing listening
  environments without the need to manually adjust
  the volume level.
• The volume of the analog hearing aids is easily
  controlled by a volume switch
• Volume switch allow user to adjust amount of
  sound to hear in different settings.
• It amplify sounds and make louder and easier .

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Disadvantages of Analog Hearing Aids

• Sound filters on analog hearing aids are limited
  or non-existent, forcing you to hear every sound
  around you including the ones you dont want to
  hear
• Volume on analog hearing aids needs to be
  carefully adjusted as they can sometimes cause
  loud screeching sounds

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Digital Hearing Aids

• It converts sound waves to digital signals.
• Produce an exact duplication of each sounds by
  amplifying it.
• Computer chips are used to analyze speech and
  other sounds.
• allowing for more complex processing of sounds
  during amplification.
• Improve performance of a hearing aids by removing
  unnecessary background noise.
• Digital hearing aids contain more flexible
  program an settings then analog.

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Advantages of digital hearing aids

• Can be programmed with ìnoise reduction
  algorithmsî to help in reducing background noise
• Highly programmable for various listening
  environments
• Most flexible and adjustable for specific user
  needs

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Disadvantages of Digital Hearing Aids

• Generally more expensive than analog hearing aids
• Cheap and poor quality digital hearing aids are
  often sold online or over the counter by
  off-brand manufacturers

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