%0 Journal Article
%T A practical tablet-based hearing aid configuration as an exemplar project for students of instrumentation
							| Audiology Research
%A Ricardo Simeoni
%J Audiology Research
%D 2015
%R https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2015.135
%X This paper presents the configuration and digital signal processing details of a tablet-based hearing aid transmitting wirelessly to standard earphones, whereby the tablet performs full sound processing rather than solely providing a means of setting adjustment by streaming to conventional digital hearing aids. The presented device confirms the recognized advantages of this tablet-based approach (e.g., in relation to cost, frequency domain processing, amplification range, versatility of functionality, component battery rechargeability), and flags the future wider-spread availability of such hearing solutions within mainstream healthcare. The use of a relatively high sampling frequency was found to be beneficial for device performance, while the use of optional off-the-shelf add-on components (e.g., data acquisition device, high fidelity microphone, compact wireless transmitter/ receiver, wired headphones) are also discussed in relation to performance optimization. The easy-to-follow configuration utilized is well suited to student learning/research instrumentation projects within the health and biomedical sciences. In this latter regard, the presented device was pedagogically integrated into a flipped classroom approach for the teaching of bioinstrumentation within an Allied Health Sciences School, with the subsequent establishment of positive student engagement outcomes
%K Hearing aid
%K tablet computer
%K digital signal processing
%K data acquisition
%K flipped classroom.
%U https://www.audiologyresearch.org/index.php/audio/article/view/135