A 0.9 V 96 $\mu$W Fully Operational Digital Hearing Aid Chip

A 0.9 V 96 muW fully operational low-power digital hearing aid chip is proposed and implemented. An internal status controller is introduced to achieve full operation of the adaptive-SNR analog front end. Dedicated DSP with an additional volume control parameter eliminates any internal overflow and enables the hearing aid to be customized for each individual user. When the input audio band is split into a low band and a high band, the audio...