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.