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title: "Communicating in Noisy Social Situations: Putting Divergent Signal Processing Strategies to Work in Your Practice"
description: "ADA offers programming and support to audiologists and students who are or who desire to be autonomous practitioners in the field of Audiology."
url: "https://www.audiologist.org/resources/educate/audacity-archive/item/communicating-in-noisy-social-situations-putting-divergent-signal-processing-strategies-to-work-in-your-practice"
date: "2026-06-26T21:39:30+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

#  Communicating in Noisy Social Situations: Putting Divergent Signal Processing Strategies to Work in Your Practice

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**Presentation Date:** 20 October 2022

**Duration:** 1:13:06

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Virtually all hearing aid wearers judge the success of their devices by their ability to communicate in acoustically challenging social situations. The purpose of this course is to show how two distinctly differently signal processing strategies provide patient benefit in noisy situations. In addition to a discussion of how these signal platforms differ, the course provides guidance on how the Quick SIN and SSQ-12 (a validated self-report) can be used to determine which signal processing strategy might be most beneficial for the individual.

1. List the communication problems associated with background noise
2. Differentiate between two hearing aid signal processing strategies and understand their key philosophic differences
3. Identify patients who are most likely to benefit from each strategy

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**Speakers:** Dana Helmink, Au.D., Brian Taylor, Au.D.
**Moderator:** Victor Bray, Ph.D.

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