ON Semiconductor - EDUCATION

These documents and presentations are directed at audiologists and other members of the Hearing Instrument Industry that want to learn more about the technology behind ON Semiconductor Technology hearing instruments and how to use this technology to the fullest.

Name	Description	Link
Rethinking Compression Adjustment	This document provides a brief review of compression and describes a new approach to fitting using new technology from ON Semiconductor
A Primer on a Dual Microphone Directional System	This document describes advanced microphone designs in hearing instruments, including directional microphones and dual-microphone systems
Understanding Digital Instruments	This document provides a brief overview of digital technology in hearing instruments
A New High Fidelity Digital Instrument Processor	This document talks about digital signal processing and the importance of dynamic range, bandwidth, and signal integrity

FRONTWAVE® Directional Hearing System

The FRONTWAVE Tutorial explains directional hearing instruments and the FRONTWAVE Directional System. In order to run the FRONTWAVE Tutorial, you must have an older version of Shockwave installed. To run the tutorial, follow these instructions:

If you have a previous version of Shockwave, uninstall it by going Control Panel -> Add or Remove Programs and removing "ShockWave" or "Adobe Shockwave".
Download and unzip the file, "shock-player.zip" and run the file "ShockPlayer-703_15.exe" from the folder that was unzipped. This will install ShockWave version 7.
Download and unzip the file "FrontWave Tutorial.zip".
Run the file "FRONTWAVE.exe" from the folder that was unzipped. This should launch the FrontWave Tutorial.

* ARKonline, FOUNDATION, FrontWave, PARAGON, SOUNDFIT and thinSTAX are registered trademarks and ARKbase, ARKfit, ARKsdk, Consolidator, Evoke, Evoke Lite, HRX, iLog, Inspiria, iSceneDetect, Rhythm, SiPArray, Venture, Voyageur, and Wolverine are all trademarks of Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC.