Analogue Vs Digital Hearing Aids – Which is the Best For You?
All Hearing Aids are made to carry out one function, which is to improve the hearing of the sufferer.
There are distinct differences between Analogue and Digital is in the way they process the sound it receives, amplified and sends to your ears. In the case of Analogue it is a very simple process. The sound is picked up by a tiny microphone, converting it into electrical signals which are then amplified before passing to a small loudspeaker which converts the electrical impulses back into a much increased sound which is then impacted on the eardrum. Digital Aids have the same three stages except that the amplifying part is carried out digitally. This means that the electrical pulses received from the microphone are converted into data `bits` by a very small computer chip. This also means that it is possible to change individual `bits` by amplifying them or reducing them. This has the great advantage in that the Digital Aid can be set up to compensate exactly a sufferers individual hearing loss.
Programming Hearing Aids is also vastly different between Analogue and Digital . Some of the latest Analogue Hearing Aids can be programmed to make sounds louder or quieter but on a much more limited scale to the Digital Hearing Aid. The Digital Hearing Aid can be programmed like any computer and therefore it will be set up to compensate for any hearing loss over a wide range of frequencies. The Digital Aid can be tuned to eliminate background noises thus allowing speech to be made clearer when talking in a crowded room. Also built into the Digital Aid are circuits to overcome feed back, which is a high pitched whistle and protection against very loud noises can also be controlled.
Some hearing loss sufferers still prefer Analogue Hearing Aids as can be seen on various message boards. The main reasons given is that the Analogue gives a much more natural sound as it amplifies all sounds equally including background noises which we all live with in our day to day lives.
The main advantage of the Analogue Aid over the Digital Aid is that it is much cheaper, therefore there will always be a place for it for those who cannot afford the expensive Digital Aids but still want improved hearing.
Mike Roberts has advised a great many sufferers of Hearing Loss. To find out more about Hearing Aids and their benefits visit http://aids2hearing.co.uk
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