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Hearing Aids For All

Monday, July 7th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

When people start having problems with their hearing, they usually turn to hearing aids for them to hear better. The old days featured what looked like ‘ear horns’ or funnel shaped devices that amplified sounds whenever people needed to listen to something. It was unwieldy but effective.Fortunately breakthroughs in technology have made it possible for us to do away with those the odd-looking device. These days, hearing aids are commonly electronic devices that are worn on the ear like your everyday ear phone. The primary design had a rectangular battery pack that connected to the ear piece with a long wire with the battery pack was usually placed in the user’s pocket. However the microphone used to amplify sounds wasn’t placed very strategically so this design tended to be flawed, often suffering disturbances from the user’s clothing. Later on, they came up with hearing aids that had a small battery inside the actual ear piece.

There are several hearing aids for you depending on your specific needs. There are the body worn hearing aids, which were introduced earlier. And then there are behind the ear (BTE) hearing aids, which are situated behind the ear with a specially made ear mold. This is convenient because it allowed the user to still use their natural hearing and at the same time it came out in a variety of colors and designs.

Following these types is the in the ear (ITE) hearing aid. You can find many of these custom made to fit the user’s ear. Modern models of the ITEs have the ability to regulate and cancel feedback, a loud, screeching sound caused by sound leaking out and being amplified again.

You can also find in the canal (ITC), mid canal (MIC) and completely in the canal (CIC) types of hearing aids. ITC aids only fill the bottom half of the external ear. MIC and CIC are smaller and isn’t usually visible. Use these only if you have mild to moderately severe hearing problems.

Bone anchored hearing aids (BAHA) are aids that are surgically implanted devices that use bones as pathways of sound.

In the 50s, there were devices that were created for people who found trouble with both hearing and seeing. They were called eyeglass aids, devices that combined both hearing aids and spectacles. The hearing aids were put in the temple part of the glasses. The problem of this is that it was not versatile at all. You either had to wear both or none at all and didn’t have a choice of frames.