People are so concious about their fashion sense. They want to be fashionable all the time or at times they want to be trendsetters. So style and fashion are not really set apart from the use of hearing aids.

There are different styles of hearing aids to chose from. But first allow me to educate you with the two types main types of hearing aid depending on the electronics used which are the analog and the digital.

ANALOG HEARING AID

The analog hearing aid is adjustable and programmable. It converts electrical signals, which are amplified. This is usually less expensive. The analog hearing aid is custom built and is programmed by your manufacturer according to your audiologist’s specifications.

DIGITAL HEARING AID

The digital hearing aid  gives the audiologist more flexibility in adjusting the aid to a user’s needs and to certain listening environments. It converts soundwaves into numerical codes, similar to a binary code of a computer, before amplifying them. Since the code also includes information about a sound’s pitch or loudness, the aid can be specially programmed to amplify some frequencies more than others.

In line with these types are the different styles of the hearing aid namely the behind the ear(BTE), in the ear(ITE), and canal aids. BTE hearing aids consist of a hard plastic case worn behind the ear and connected to a plastic earmold that fits inside the outer ear. While the ITE hearing aids  fit completely inside the outer ear and are used for mild to severe hearing loss. The case holding the electronic components is made of hard plastic. Some ITE aids may have certain added features installed, such as a telecoil. A telecoil is a small magnetic coil that allows users to receive sound through the circuitry of the hearing aid, rather than through its microphone. Lastly canal aids fit into the ear canal and are available in two styles. The in-the-canal (ITC) hearing aid is made to fit the size and shape of a person’s ear canal. A completely-in-canal (CIC) hearing aid is nearly hidden in the ear canal.

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