What are Hearing Aids?
Hearing aids are small, wearable electronic devices that are designed to enable a person to hear sounds in an enhanced and better way, and understand the speech more clearly.
In terms of types and designs, these come in a wide variety of options, and can also be crafted and custom designed specific to an individual’s requirement.
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How Hearing Aids Work?
Hearing aids work by amplifying sounds step-by-step:
The sound is received by the microphone of the hearing aid, which is then converted into a digital sign
The strength of this digital sign is increased by the amplifier
The speaker then passes the sound into the ear.
Behind-the-ear (BTE)
Receiver-in-canal (RIC)
In-the-ear (ITE)
In-the-canal (ITC)
Completely-in-canal (CIC)
Hearing Aid Types
There are several types of hearing aids to choose from. Which one you choose is based on your level of hearing loss, your lifestyle, and your personal preferences.
Hearing Aid Components
Microphone
Hearing aids have a microphone that is sensitive enough to pick up on all the sounds around you. These sophisticated microphones can even differentiate between sounds. For example, they can identify which sounds are speech sounds you want to hear and which sounds are distracting background sounds you don’t want to hear. The microphone will also convert the sound waves into electrical signals and send them to the processor.
Processor
The most complex part of the hearing aid is the processor or amplifier. This is a small computer chip that can manipulate and change the electrical signals. When sounds reach the processor, they are changed to match your hearing. Certain sounds will be amplified while other sounds will be reduced. Any feedback or other interference is also reduced. If you have your tinnitus therapy program turned on, the processor also adds these features.
Receiver
Once the sound has been manipulated, the sound is sent to the receiver. This part of the hearing aid will convert the digital signals back into sound waves, create audible sound and direct that sound into your ears.
Hearing aids we offer
Phonak Lumity
Phonak Audéo Lumity Hearing Aids are the latest flagship product from Sonova (Phonak), designed to provide exceptional sound quality, enhanced speech understanding, and a personalized listening experience.
Oticon Real
Building on the success of its predecessor, Oticon More, the Real hearing aid platform brings forward an array of practical advancements and innovative features that make it a game-changer for those with hearing loss.
Widex Moment
Even the best hearing aids have always sounded like hearing aids. The game-changing Widex Moment is out to change that by giving you the purest, most natural sound ever.
Unitron Moxi
The Unitron Moxi Discover Next platform enables users to understand the conversations that are taking place in front of them.
Signia AX
The Augmented Xperience, or AX for short, is the first sound processor designed to work with two sound processors, one for speech and the other for everything else.
Phonak Paradise
The Phonak Paradise is driven by AutoSense OS 4.0, an artificial intelligence-based automated system (AI).
Oticon More
Oticon More uses the intelligent features of a Deep Neural Network (DNN). The DNN needs to learn, just like a person’s brain does.
Oticon Own
We are all unique in our needs, and no more is this true than with our experience with hearing loss. That’s why Oticon has developed the Oticon Own, a customized hearing aid solution.
