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Confused About Hearing Aids? We Can Help.
Choosing the right hearing aids is about balancing two factors: your communication and lifestyle needs, and how discreet you want the hearing aids to be. Both of these factors can influence price. Let’s start with your communication needs.
Describe your communication needs
Drag the slider below to match your needs.
Simple
Complex
This is you if:
You have one-on-one interactions with minimal background noise. You might watch TV or talk on the phone.
If this is you, you might need:
Tier 1 hearing aids
- Amplify and filter sound in less complex environments (more complex environments remain a challenge)
- Have less functionality and ability to distinguish between different noise environments and require the highest level of manual adjustment
- Still require your listening effort in many noise environments
This is you if:
You might run errands or see friends, occasionally in places that have background noise.
If this is you, you might need:
Tier 2 hearing aid
- Allow you to hear better in more environments with little effort, however, more complex environments with conflicting sound sources may require more of your listening effort
- Ability to distinguish more noise environments but may require manual adjustment
- Decrease your frustration throughout the day by requiring less effort from you to hear/understand your surroundings (compared to the struggle of understanding with hearing loss)
This is you if:
You make frequent trips to run errands and see friends in lots of different environments. You might eat out at restaurants, go to church, or attend weddings or meetings.
If this is you, you might need:
Tier 3 hearing aids
- Help you understand with little effort in most environments, however you will still have to extend some energy to hear/understand in the most complex environments
- High level of functionality to recognize and automatically adjust to a wide array of noise environments
- Give you a strong increase in energy throughout the day since the hearing instrument is doing a large part of the work for you
This is you if:
You have a very active social and/or professional life. You travel, are active outdoors, and go to parties and/or conferences.
If this is you, you might need:
Tier 4 hearing aids
- Filter and deliver sounds seamlessly, creating a highly natural and comfortable listening environment
- Offer the highest level of functionality and customization allowing individualized adjustments for each person's unique hearing needs
- Automatically adjust between a wide range of environments, offering you the largest increase in energy throughout the day
Compare levels of discreetness
Drag the slider below to match your desired discreetness.
Visible
Discreet
Behind the ear (BTE)
Benefits
- Ideal for severe to profound hearing loss.
- Available in rechargeable styles.
- Most durable of all styles.
Considerations
- Most visible of all styles.
- Not always comfortable for patients with glasses.
4% of our patients choose this model In the ear (ITE) / In the canal (ITC)
Benefits
- Some connect to phone/television.
- Good for people with arthritis or dexterity issues.
Considerations
- More visible than some other models.
- Only a few brands offered as rechargeable.
- For ITC, there is a limitation on the technology due to size.
4-6% of our patients choose this model Receiver in canal (RIC)
Benefits
- Most common type due to durability and fit flexibility.
- Works for many degrees of hearing loss.
- Available in rechargeable models.
- Connects to phone/television.
Considerations
- More visible than some other models.
- Not always comfortable for patients with glasses.
83% of our patients choose this model Completely in canal (CIC) / Invisible in the canal (IIC)
Benefits
- Discreet and cosmetically appealing.
Considerations
- Blocks the ear canal, with limited space for venting.
- Uses small batteries that must be replaced every 3 days.
- Limitations on the technology due to size.
- No streaming with phone/television.
3% of our patients choose this model 
