Hearing aid fitting in a digital age
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This paper introduces SoundPoint, a new patientassisted fine tuning process that complements the traditional fitting process by placing control of sound quality in the hands of the patient. The SoundPoint system offers an elegant alternative to the method of ‘interview and adjust’ by providing any patient with the ability to navigate through a perceptual world of possible hearing aid adjustments. Via touchpad gestures or through the intuitive movement of a mouse, adjustments are made to the patient’s hearing aids in a smooth and seamless manner, allowing patients to find their preferred subjective sound quality without the need to articulate the acoustic complexity of their own auditory perceptions.
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