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In determining what type of hearing aid is best for your hearing loss and lifestyle, it’s important to be familiar with the hearing aid styles that are available on the marketplace.

Behind the Ear

As the most visible type of hearing aid, behind the ear hearing aids work by determining sound, amplifying it, then carrying that sound to a mold that rests inside your ear canal. Behind the ear hearing devices are versatile and appropriate for almost all hearing loss and all ages.

Open Fit

Think of open fit hearing aids as the updated version of the behind the ear hearing aids. HearAid are open fit devices, which are much smaller, less visible variations of the behind the ear style. A small tube connects to a speaker in the ear canal to amplify sound.

Completely in the Canal

These hearing devices are specifically designed to fit inside the individual’s ear canal, and are the least noticeable design available. They are useful for those individuals whose work or lifestyle calls for long hours on the phone or outdoors, as the hearing devices is shielded from wind noise because of its placement in the canal. As a result, though, completely in the canal hearing aides lack many of the features of other styles.

In the canal

In the canal hearing aids are similar to completely in the canal devices. They are not as deeply molded into the ear canal, making them slightly more noticeable but also allowing for the addition of some basic features like volume control.

Other types include half shell and full shell hearing devices. Most of these types of hearing aids require a custom fitting and visit to an audiologist, which can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars. Some, though, like the HearAid open fit digital hearing aid, are versatile for all sufferers of mild to moderate hearing loss and are available without a doctor’s visit.