DocumentCode
844506
Title
3-D shape modeling for hearing aid design [Applications Corner]
Author
Slabaugh, Greg ; Fang, Tong ; McBagonluri, Fred ; Zouhar, Alexander ; Melkisetoglu, Rupen ; Xie, Hui ; Unal, Gozde
Author_Institution
Siemens Corp. Res., Princeton, NJ
Volume
25
Issue
5
fYear
2008
fDate
9/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
98
Lastpage
102
Abstract
Advances in 3-D scanning and fabrication hardware as well as 3-D geometric design software have transformed a once laborintensive manual manufacturing into an efficient digital process for hearing aid design, resulting in higher quality, reduced cost, and better fitting devices. Future work in this field will continue to focus on increasing automation until the process is fully automatic.
Keywords
hearing aids; 3D geometric design software; fabrication hardware; hearing aid design; laborintensive manual manufacturing; Application software; Auditory system; Costs; Fabrication; Fitting; Hardware; Manufacturing processes; Shape; Software design; Software quality;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Signal Processing Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1053-5888
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSP.2008.926653
Filename
4607218
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