Compression for Clinicians

This professional reference looks at signal compression and how clinicians can use it when choosing and fitting hearing aids. It opens with the structure and function of the cochlea, then surveys the main hearing aid fitting approaches. Readers are walked through loudness growth functions, the different ways compression is built into devices, and the principal classes of hearing aids.

The author also explains how compression shapes the outcome of each major hearing aid selection method, so readers can see where it matters in practice. Throughout, the material stays tied to clinical work, with the aim of helping practitioners fit compression hearing aids.