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Lost Chips Discovered!

Musicians, audiophiles, and just lovers of music can now enjoy pure quality of analog hearing once again. Mead Killon, inventor of the K-amp chip recently rediscovered a cache of chips and now SoftTouch Labs is the exclusive manufacturer of hearing devices featuring this popular chip.

Originally developed in the 1980’s, the K-amp chip enjoyed world-wide production until the age of digital technology in the late 1990s. Read original publications written about the K-amp by leading hearing professionals in our “K-Amp Articles” section.

K-Amp Fitting Guide

A PDF document that covers typical fitting ranges and effects of optional trimmers. Originally written for the hearing professional, but plenty of useful information for musicians and audiophiles.
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K-Amp Articles

PDF documents of previously published articles reviewing the K-Amp technology.
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How To Order Your K-Amp

Instructions on how to custom order the K-Amp hearing aid.
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K-Amp FAQs

Read some of our most frequently asked questions about the K-amp analog device. CLICK HERE

Device Service

Click on link below to visit our hearing device service center. CLICK HERE

Circuit Block Diagram

Want to look “under the hood”? View a pdf of the original K-amp 28D block diagram.
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“It is far preferable to listen to clear speech in clear noise than distorted speech in distorted noise.

Mead KillionEngineer, Inventor

“Sometimes a solution need to be “low-tech” even if the market frowns on it”.

Marshall ChasinDir. Audiology & Research, Professor - Canada