GN ReSound Encyclopedia
If you’re
interested in learning more about your hearing and hearing care technology, you will most likely come
across words and expressions you’ve probably never heard before.What, for example, does "compression" mean exactly? What is the cochlea? Or a CIC?
The aim of this Encyclopedia is to explain the industry’s most common terminology and help you understand what it means. It is meant as a reference work you can consult when you visit your hearing care professional, when you search for information on the Internet or read a brochure about a specific hearing instrument.
A
Active Microphone MatchingAge Induced Hearing Loss
Amplifier
Amplitude
Analogue
Attack/Release Time
Audiogram
B
Behind-The-Ear (BTE)Body Worn Hearing Aid
Bone Anchored Hearing Aids (BAHA)
C
CerumenCochlea
ComforTec
Completely-in-the-Canal (CIC)
Compression
Conductive Hearing Loss
Consonant / Vowel
D
Decibel (dB)Digital Feedback Suppression
Digital
Directional Microphones
Dual Stabilizer™
Dynamic Range
E
Ear MouldEqualizer
Eustachian Tube
F
FeedbackFilters
Frequency
G
Gain ControlGraham Bell
H
Hair CellsHarmonic Distortion
Hearing Aid Glasses
Hearing Loss
Hertz (Hz)
I
InfectionInner Ear
ITE
L
Linear AmplificationListening Programs
Loudness Scaling
M
MicrophoneMiddle Ear
Most Comfortable Level
N
Non-Linear AmplificationO
OcclusionOpen Fitting
Organ of Corti
Otosclerosis
Outer Ear
P
Peak ClippingPerceptive Hearing Loss
Presbycusis Hearing Loss
R
Real Ear MeasurementRecruitment
Reduced Frequency Resolution
Remote Control
Resonance
S
Self Assessment QuestionnaireSensorineural hearing loss
Signal/Noise Ratio
Ski-slope Hearing Loss
Softswitching
Spectrum
Speech Intelligibility
Speech Pattern Detection
Speech Spectrum
Stabilizer
Stepped Vent
T
ThresholdTinnitus
U
Uncomfortable LevelUpward Spread of Masking
V
VentVolume Control
W
Warp OpenWax
Wide Dynamic Range Compression (WDRC)