AlgorKorea Co., Ltd.

http://avaskorea.tradekorea.com

Algorkorea is an IT (Information Technology) venture company specialized in manufacturing digital hearing aids  & ultra miniature DSP IC embedded firmware and control technology. Algorkorea Co. Ltd. (www.hearing-aids.co.kr) recently released a 64 channel In-The-Ear digital hearing aid. It provides a precise 125 Hz nonlinear compression with a 93 dB input signal dynamic range. This compensates for the deteriorated active bio-mechanism of the cochlea function in the hearing impaired. The superior 64 frequency channel resolution can highly increase speech discrimination rate especially for those with presbycusis. The Fitting program is integrated with microphone / receiver calibration for easier A/S maintenance. An In-Situ real ear measurement, as part of the Fitting program, automatically produces the most realistic 64 channel fitting for each customer. The same masking effect of the cochlea is adaptively programmed into an environmental noise reduction algorithm. Besides the high end 64 channel hearing aid mentioned above, Algorkorea has recently released active tinnitus masker wearable in ear. Based on a 64 channel compression program, Algorkorea has developed a noise reduction algorithm enhancing speech discrimination in a noisy environment. Hearing aids installed with this specified algorithm were launched in the market to a positive reaction from customers. The results observed were satisfactory from an auditory point of view as well. The hearing aid with the noise reduction program was sampled in a noisy environment; the background noise was suppressed while speech was still audible.