Abstract: Psychoacoustic measures have been used to describe the dynamic range and the frequency selectivity of the auditory system, both of which have largely driven the development of hearing aid feature sets for decades. In this featured session, we will look at how both dynamic range and frequency selectivity have been assessed in academic research and then implemented in hearing technology, as well as recent developments within psychoacoustics that might potentially illuminate a future path for hearing technology.
Learning Objectives:
Identify the relationship between the dynamic range of a listener and how that information is applied to a hearing aid channel.
Identify the relationship between the frequency selectivity of a listener and how that information is applied to a hearing aid channel.
Identify some practical limitations of current hearing technology when considering the differences between academic research and the reality of business timelines for organizations manufacturing devices
