Audiology and Deaf Studies

Biography

Biography: Y Krishna

Abstract

Technological advancements are growing at a very fast pace across the industry in the hearing aid. Many sound processing methods, sound enhancement technicques are coming and incorporated in the hearing aids to faciliate and make hering as comfortable experience. With advancements of chip technology, all these features have become even more possible. This session talks about When, What, Why and Who woudl be beneficiearies of the technological advancements. The Author with his experience in the clinic and research would present the evidence based parctice on how compression technologies and sound enhancement technologies facilitate better hearing with special reference to Indian scenario. Judicial selection of what technology would benefit whom and When and why a particular method is prefered over others is skill of the professional in fine tunning hearing aid. This is particularly very important when the listener is exposed to complex sound environmnets. In India, individuals with hearing impairment are exposed to unique sound environments, and its challenging to fit right amplification device within the budget of the client. The author will also share the results of the psychophicial experiments conducted in facilitating the decission, The objective of this presentation will be to make the professional faciliate in the decission making process during fitting of amplification devices. The learning outcomes of the lectures are targetted towards the awarness of technologies, understand the different environments and select appropriate technology to meet the lisiting demands of the individual.