Hearing Aid Styles | Evanston IL
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If you are considering the
purchase of hearing aids, the number of hearing aid styles
can seem overwhelming.
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To choose the best hearing aid style for
your hearing loss, you and your
Audiologist should consider all of the
following…
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-The severity of your hearing loss
-Your manual dexterity
-Your personal preferences
-The availability of new technologies
- The size and shape of your ear canal
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The Behind-the-ear (BTE) style of hearing aid fits behind the ear and is attached to a
custom ear mold that fits inside your outer
ear.
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The RITE or RIC style features a
receiver placed inside the ear and the RITA style has the receiver
in the aid itself.
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In-the ear (ITE) styles are also cosmetically appealing because of
their size. They require that a custom mold be made to fit
the outer ear.
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CROS/Bi-CROS aids are designed for those who have normal hearing or hearing that can be helped with a
hearing aid in one ear, but who have very little or no hearing in the other ear.