Hearing Aid Technology
Allowing You to Test Drive New Hearing Technology To Experience the Difference For Yourself
You wouldn’t buy a car without a test drive, and we don’t expect you to invest in hearing technology without first experiencing it for yourself in your everyday life.
That’s why we’re one of the only groups of hearing care experts that encourage you to test drive new hearing technology for 14 days, with no deposit, contract, or fuss, allowing you to truly experience the difference around your lifestyle and those areas that are difficult.
The biggest shock that many new hearing aid wearers experience is that today’s hearing aids are significantly different to those that they may remember their grandparents wearing.
The latest hearing aids are streamlined, user-friendly, and so discrete that few people will know that you are wearing them. In fact, many of our patients tell us that their friends and loved ones have not even noticed them.
Best of all, the latest technology allows you to effortlessly stream phone calls, music, and audio directly from your cell phone, television, or computer into your ears.
With micro-digital technology, they allow you to comfortably focus on specific conversations in noisy backgrounds, hear the sounds that you have been missing, and allow you to feel more connected than you have previously.
This ensures that hearing technology doesn’t just amplify your hearing but also amplifies your overall ability to connect with the world around you.
Helping You to Choose the Right Instruments to Support Your Needs, Lifestyle, and Preference
IIC hearing aids are a viable style choice for individuals with a mild to moderate hearing loss. Their most unique feature is that they are custom molded for deep insertion into the ear canal using a small, nearly invisible post.
Those with cosmetic concerns might find the CIC hearing aid to be the best option for mild to severe hearing loss. Mostly invisible, they are a bit more powerful and easier to insert than the smaller IIC styles. They are nearly invisible, depending on the ear canal size. They use tiny little batteries and have no user controls or buttons.
The main advantage of this model is that they have the capabilities of ITE devices but are smaller and more discreet. They can provide the right amplification solution for patients with a mild to severe hearing loss. Changing batteries in these units is a bit easier than smaller devices because they use larger size 312 batteries. Those with small ear canals might not enjoy the deep fit they would like with this model.
Because they fit the whole bowl of the ear, ITE hearing aids are not as popular as they used to be. This style molds to the outer entrance of the ear canal to provide the highest level of coverage for patients with a mildly severe to severe hearing loss. These are the easiest to insert, because they are bigger and easier to hold on to. Patients who wear glasses or use oxygen prefer this style in lieu of BTE (behind the ear) or RITE (receiver in the ear) styles, because the ear mold is absent.
Besides being the most versatile hearing instrument on the market, RIC hearing aids provide the easiest in-office repair or upgrading solutions. Over 80% of hearing aids fitted are this style. A speaker sits inside the ear canal and connects to a small, discrete ear mold behind the ear. Skin-tone or hair color matching are common features used to make these units more discrete. They are the only rechargeable style of hearing aid on the market.
BTEs with earmolds suit wearers with mild to profound hearing losses. They come in a longer shape, which follows the contour behind the outer ear. They have a variety of features, including a program button and volume control. The earmold and style, as well as the wearer’s hairstyle, will determine how they will look on each individual.
The Lyric Extended Wear device is placed in your ear canal, meaning the Lyric remains completely out of sight – invisible to the world.
14-Day Test-Drive All Hearing Technology
You wouldn’t buy a car without having a test-drive, and we don’t expect you to invest in better hearing without first experiencing the difference for yourself.
UpState Hearing Instruments proudly offer 14-day test-drives on all hearing technology, giving you the confidence that you’re making the right decision.
Why Hearing Loss Often Goes Unnoticed
According to a recent National Health Survey, it’s predicted that 15% of the US population has some form of untreated hearing loss. The reason for this is that hearing loss can be very difficult to self-diagnose. With it often occurring slowly and gradually, it’s rare to notice any day-to-day changes, with no way to compare to what your hearing was once like. This is the reason that our loved ones often notice our hearing challenges before we do.
If you are concerned about your hearing or a loved one’s hearing, then your first step should be to have a comprehensive hearing assessment. It’s quick, non-invasive, and the earlier you can catch any form of hearing loss, the sooner you can correct it, and the higher the success rate.