A couple of months after upgrading my cochlear implant processor, I went to a concert. The guy beside me was very engaged and was yelling enthusiastically. On top of the loud music, the yelling put my cochlear implant processor into compression. The sound immediately dropped and slowly came back to full volume.
The parameters that hearing care professionals have to consider with hearing aids and cochlear implants are things like attack time (how quickly it goes into compression), release time (the time it takes to return from the compressed state), and the threshold kneepoint (the input level that will trigger compression). See your hearing care professional if you have any questions about your hearing aid or cochlear implant settings!
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