Professional Quality Hearing Aids
Different Hearing Aid Types/Styles (Most Popular)...
Please note: all brands like to call their aid styles different names, we've listed the most common
RIC: Receiver-In-Canal
RIC: The receiver-in-the-canal device is small, discreet, and incredibly quick to fit; perfect for many first-time wearers.
- Comfortable open fit
- Sleek design barely visible when worn
- Color choices to match your hair, skin tone and lifestyle
- For mild to moderate hearing loss
- Rechargeable, or battery operated and most RIC's are Bluetooth, so streaming calls and phone apps allow the user to customize there sound.
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RIC Power Mold: Receiver-In-Canal with custom mold. A custom mold combines a custom-formed ear mold with the sleek, sophisticated receiver-in-canal instrument allowing people with even the most severe hearing loss to enjoy style without sacrificing power and performance.
- Ultimate power and performance
- Replaces large behind-the-ear products for power needs
- For moderate to severe hearing loss
- Discreet, barely visible when worn
- Color choices to match your hair, skin tone and lifestyle
- Previous custom users get the same great feel
- Improved speech understanding, by holding the sound the in the ear.
- Helps for a secure fit.
CIC: Completely In The Canal
CIC: Completely in the Canal. These devices fit completely in the canal. Only the head of a tiny plastic line—with which you insert or remove the instrument—shows above the canal.
- Fits completely in the ear canal and is virtually invisible
- Appropriate for mild to mildly severe hearing loss
- Custom made just for you
- Requires some manual dexterity
- Now Starkey makes a rechargeable model.
ITE: In-the-Canal
In the Canal. In-The-Canal instruments feature an ear mold that fits down into the ear canal and a smaller portion that faces out into the outer ear.
- Less visible
- Appropriate for mild to mildly severe hearing loss
- Variety of technology level choices that previously required a larger aid
- Custom made just for you
Ready Fit CIC
- Nearly Invisible - only 1 manufacturer makes this style ( Signia )
- Appropriate for mild to moderate hearing loss
- Made in both rechargeable and battery operated
- Custom molds can made for device.
BTE: Behind-the-Ear
BTE: Behind the Ear. Major components are housed outside the ear. Initially popular years go, this style is again becoming popular due to their flexibility, and ability to make power - generally used for profound hearing loss and children.
The term BTE, is reserved for open tube aids.
ITE: In-the-Ear ( Full Shell )
ITE: In-the-Canal, Fits and fills the outside of the ear. Secure, with room for a large 13 battery, Bluetooth, and can generally make more power than a CIC or canal style by separating the microphone and receiver.
IIC: Invisible-the-Canal
IIC: Invisible in the Canal, the smallest custom hearing aid made. For more active and younger users that do not want a hearing aid seen. Tiny, and discreet, pro's and con's of the IIC need to be discussed.
This covers the more popular of styles, although there are many more. Contact us today to have an experienced hearing professional help you choose a type that will improve the quality of life, and most importantly the impove the quality of life of you're loved ones.
