If you’re living with hearing loss, you will know the challenges this can bring to your everyday conversations. Thankfully, you have a range of hearing aids to choose from to make your life easier. But which should you choose? There are all kinds of devices available, from those that fit behind your ear to those that fit within the canal.
Your audiologist will go into further detail about all the types of hearing aids that are available to you and will support you in making the right choice. But for the purposes of this article, let’s talk about the main benefits of in-the-canal (ITC) hearing aids.
ITC hearing aids are designed to fit perfectly within your ear
Thanks to the custom design of the ITC hearing aid, you will have something that fits perfectly within your ear canal. This makes it a very comfortable device to wear, and you could be forgiven for forgetting it’s sitting in your ear.
ITC hearing aids are more discreet
Hearing aid users are often quite self-conscious about the devices they wear as they don’t want them to be seen by others. Thankfully, technology has moved on in leaps and bounds over the years, so visibility no longer has to be a major issue. However, with the location of the ITC device near or completely in your canal, they provide you with the most privacy.
ITC hearing aids can accommodate a range of features
The larger a hearing aid is the more features it will be able to offer. The issue here, of course, is visibility, as that is sometimes a compromise that wearers have to make. Thankfully, ITC hearing aids offer a good size balance. They are still small enough to be discreet, but they are still large enough to accommodate a number of modern features and functionality options. These include wireless and telecoil features that can connect with such devices as cell phones.
ITC hearing aids are perfect for regular phone users
Missed phone calls need never be a problem thanks to the telecoil features we have just touched upon, as an ITC hearing aid can pick up the electromagnetic signal coming from the phone instead of the sound. However, this isn’t the only reason why an ITC hearing aid is perfect for phone users. Because the hearing aid doesn’t obstruct the bowl of the user’s ear, sound can travel more naturally, making voices easier to pick up and listen to. The phone can also be held to the ear, which is one advantage over a BTE hearing aid, where the phone needs to be slightly distanced from the ear.
Is An ITC hearing aid right for you?
An ITC hearing aid offers many benefits to the user, including those we have discussed here. But is this hearing aid right for you? Talk to an audiologist to learn more, and find out about the other benefits that an ITC hearing aid can offer you.
