Tympanic membrane contact hearing aid sound processor
Definition
An electronic component of a tympanic membrane (TM) contact hearing aid designed to be wornbehind-the-ear (BTE) and to receive sound waves and convert them into electrical signals fortransmission to another component. The hearing aid is intended to compensate for mild/severesensorineural impaired hearing by transmitting transduced sound waves, via light waves orelectromagnetic energy, to a vibrator component in direct contact with the TM.