What Hearing Aid What Hearing Aid
Style is Right for You?
Now more than ever,
hearing loss sufferers hearing loss sufferers
enjoy a healthy
number of hearing aid
styles to choose from.
On one hand it's a
consumers dream to consumers dream to
enjoy rich variety but
on the other, it just
makes picking a device
that much harder.
The major types of listening
instruments are:instruments are:
BTE - behind the ear ITC - in the canal
ITE - in the ear CIC - completely in the canal
BTE listening
instruments are the instruments are the
most recognizable,
consisting of very visible
ear pieces that fit snugly
on the curve of the
external ear.
ITE devices sit in the ITE devices sit in the
opening of your ear,
similar to the
earbud on a set of
audio headphones.
ITC listening ITC listening
instruments are
designed to fit in
the ear canal, just
past the opening.
CIC devices are the
smallest in class,
developed to be invisible developed to be invisible
as they are inserted well
past the opening of the
canal, sitting some
distance from the ears
inner organs.
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