{"id":136,"date":"2009-12-07T21:13:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T04:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.giassa.net\/?p=136"},"modified":"2009-12-07T21:13:34","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T04:13:34","slug":"our-new-hearing-aid-just-in-time-for-the-ken-spencer-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.giassa.net\/?p=136","title":{"rendered":"Our new hearing aid, just in time for the Ken Spencer competition."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is our latest and greatest revision to our original design. We&#8217;re aiming to make it a bit smaller yet. The device is technically an ITC (in the canal) device, with the controls located behind the ear, though it doesn&#8217;t qualify as a BTE (behind-the-ear) device.<\/p>\n<p>The final revision will implement multiple memory slots so that not only can our existing replay feature work even better, but we can have a few memory slots set aside for long-term use, possibly by dumping the static RAM contents to the EEPROM. This will require a &#8220;soft&#8221; shutdown feature, but based on how reliable the device has been so far, we can likely keep it that way with a &#8220;pinhole&#8221; hard reset feature for worst-case scenarios. To top it all off, it finally &#8220;looks pretty&#8221;. See below. Cheers!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_137\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.giassa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hearingaidbetter.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-137\" title=\"hearingaidbetter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.giassa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hearingaidbetter-245x300.png\" alt=\"A better hearing aid, still under $10.\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.giassa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hearingaidbetter-245x300.png 245w, https:\/\/www.giassa.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/hearingaidbetter.png 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A better hearing aid, still under $10.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is our latest and greatest revision to our original design. 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