Hearing Aid Styles and Technology

Hearing aids come in a variety of styles, sizes, and features to meet your unique needs. At Affiliated Audiology Consultants in Phoenix, you can count on us to deliver advanced technology carefully prescribed and programmed for your hearing profile and lifestyle. Our comprehensive evaluations ensure you get a solution that feels natural, fits discreetly, works seamlessly, and helps you live empowered.

Today’s digital hearing aids do more than amplify sound. They help you enjoy conversations, music, and calls and stay aware of your surroundings. Most cover the full spectrum of hearing loss and feature Bluetooth® connectivity, with some models offering new Auracast™ capability. Many work with iPhone®-, iPad®-, and Android™-compatible apps for personalizing settings, checking battery life, locating lost devices, and more. Device features and capabilities may vary.

Invisible-in-the-Canal (IIC)

Our invisible-in-the-canal hearing aids are custom-molded to fit deep inside the ear canal, making them undetectable in most ears. They provide a discreet and comfortable option for everyday use.

Oticon Own IIC

Invisible Hearing Aid

Completely-in-the-Canal (CIC)

Like IIC devices, completely-in-the-canal hearing aids sit entirely inside the ear canal, though not quite as deep. They may be custom-molded or available in off-the-shelf styles, and some models come in rechargeable options.

Oticon Own CIC

Completely In Canal

In-the-Canal (ITC)

In-the-canal hearing aids sit partially in the ear canal, allowing room to use the technology’s external controls for easy adjustments. They include rechargeable options, and some models offer Bluetooth® connectivity, providing convenience and empowerment in a discrete device.

Oticon Own ITC

In-The-Canal

In-the-Ear (ITE)

In-the-ear hearing aids are custom-fit to the contours of your outer ear for comfort and all-day wear. They include Bluetooth® connectivity and feature external controls for easy adjustments. Some models are rechargeable, providing convenience and versatility.

Oticon Own ITC

In-The-Ear

Receiver-in-Canal (RIC)

Receiver-in-canal hearing aids have the speaker in the ear canal and the main body behind the ear. They’re lightweight and comfortable, include Bluetooth® connectivity, and have rechargeable options.

Oticon Own miniRITE

Receiver-In-Canal

Behind-the-Ear (BTE)

Behind-the-ear hearing aids sit comfortably behind the ear and connect to an earmold or dome in the ear canal. They include Bluetooth® connectivity and some rechargeable options.
For illustration purposes only; earmold not shown.

Oticon Own miniBTE

Behind The Ear

Lyric: Invisible Extended-Wear

Lyric hearing aids are the only 100% invisible extended-wear devices on the market today. Placed deep in the ear canal by our experts, they can be worn continuously for weeks or months at a time, providing effortless hearing without daily insertion or removal.

Lyric

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