How did a 1978 U.S. government request lead to the noise-cancellation features we now see in the latest hearing aids?

In 1978, the U.S. government approached a sound company with a unique proposal. They wanted to develop a specific technology that would allow aircraft pilots and NASA astronauts to communicate clearly with ground crews and other pilots even with the ultra-loud roaring of jet and rocket engines in the background.

The resulting technology would later become available for use outside of aeronautic environments; following its use in military headsets in 1986, and the technology gradually made its way into the mainstream and public usage. Today, this technology is known as noise cancellation technology and is used in the latest hearing aids to help people with hearing loss focus on the sounds that they want to hear while blocking out the sounds that they don’t.

Hearing well in noisy environments is one of the biggest challenges those with a hearing loss can face - and this noise-cancellation technology can make a huge difference in hearing speech in these environments. At Blackdown Hearing, we work with the full range of the latest digital hearing aid noise-cancellation technology.

As a wholly independent hearing company, we have full access to all the different hearing aid manufacturers and all of the different styles and levels of hearing aid technology available to you in Somerset.

Contact us today to try the latest noise-cancelling hearing aids in Somerset.