Title :
Digital automatic gain control for hearing aids
Author :
Camilleri, Patrick F. ; Sobelman, Gerald E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
A new digital method for implementing Automatic Gain Control (AGC) in a hearing aid is described. The AGC characteristics are programmable, which allows the system to be customized for a particular user. Since no external timing components are required the implementation is area-efficient, completely monolithic, and insensitive to temperature variation and component aging. The technique may be applied to both input and output compression systems. Simulation results are presented
Keywords :
automatic gain control; AGC programmable characteristics; automatic gain control; compression systems; digital method; hearing aids; Aging; Assembly; Auditory system; Circuits; Dynamic range; Gain control; Hearing aids; Signal processing; Temperature; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Signal Processing, VII, 1994., [Workshop on]
Conference_Location :
La Jolla, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2123-5
DOI :
10.1109/VLSISP.1994.574725
