Buying Guide
Expert Recommendations
Choosing the model of your hearing aid depends on many factors, like budget, your hearing loss intensity, hearing aid price in Kolkata, and the additional features you want. iHear, the leading hearing aid center in Kolkata, provides you a brief guide on how to buy a hearing aid which ensures your need as well as comes into your budget.
So if the doctor prescribes you to use a hearing aid, then this guide might help to make the right choice. Before purchasing any hearing aid device from iHear, you need to consult with our hearing care professionals. Because they will give you valuable insight on your requirements. So here we are willing to guide our customers on this topic for better understanding.
Like other hearing aids, there are also some selection criteria for purchasing invisible hearing aids. As this is not best suited for everyone. You should take guidance from an audiologist before buying an invisible hearing aid.
There are a number of hearing aid brands and manufacturers who used to provide good quality hearing aids at affordable rates. iHear is one of them. We are committed to give 100% assistance to our clients. We are able to deliver extraordinary services by the combined effort of competent audiologists and other hearing care professionals. Also, provide good quality hearing aids at a reasonable price. We mainly concentrate on customer preference or customer choice. Because everyone has the stigma of using hearing aids. No one wants to show their physical issues in the corporate world. Depending on the circumstances and the intensity of hearing loss, our audiologist prescribes them the most preferable invisible hearing aids.
Customer compatibility and comfort is our first priority. Therefore they used to give positive feedback, and for this reason, iHear become the leading hearing aid center in Kolkata and West Bengal.
We mention some selection criteria of invisible hearing aids that might be helpful for you
The ear canal of the individual should be relatively straight. And ear canal volume should be minimum 8mm x 8mm.
Hearing loss intensity should be at a low to moderate level. IIC hearing aids don't have a more powerful receiver till date for high intensity hearing loss.
The patient should not have any conductive pathology, like perforation of ear membrane or eardrum and ear discharge.
The individual should be physically and mentally active. Because individual hearing aids should be maintained very carefully.
If the patient has excessive earwax issues, then he or she should avoid using invisible hearing aids.
Important ConsiderationConsult with our experienced audiologists to find the perfect invisible hearing aid for your needs.
After checking the criteria of using invisible aids, our audiologists will take an impression for the customized hearing device. It is a simple but important step of your hearing loss treatment and selecting the invisible options. Now hearing care professionals will take the next step.
Taking an impression of the ear canal is a very crucial job even for the very experienced audiologists.
The few considerations an audiologist should observe during ear canal impression:
The audiologist should have keen eyes and sufficient experience in his field. This is the first and most important criterion before measuring ear canal volume.
He/she will use vented auto blocks conjugated with plastic tubing, this will ensure there is no unwanted pressure build-up in the ear canal.
Clinically we recommend oto-fluid on the cotton tip of the oto-block, to prevent any cotton part adhering with the tympanic membrane.
Application of auto impression gun tool ensures optimum mixing, which is perfect for correct impression.
There are different types of invisible hearing aids available in the market. You need to select according to your problem, lifestyle, and workplace (indoor or outdoor). However, CIC or completely-in-canal and ITE or in-the-ear hearing aids are highly popular in the modern age of hearing aid technology. Both of them sit completely inside the ear canal, and not visible to other people. So these are best suited for corporate employees and the young generation.
In the ear and completely in the canal hearing aid. Offers discretion and comfort without compromising the sound quality. It has no external parts that can be visible by anyway. ITE model structured in such a way that it can sit perfectly in the shell of the ear.
A most recent type of hidden hearing aid. Technically complexes than a Smartphone. It can perform much additional function like streaming audio, and connecting your mobile with Bluetooth technology.
Completely in the canal or in-the-ear hearing aid. Very impressive and crystal clear sound quality. They do not experience any interference due to inclement weather or wind. Its settings will not be disturbed when you wear any cap or hat.
IIC or invisible hearing aid is little costlier than normal hearing aids. As it is the most miniature version. Hearing aid accessories like microphones and receivers are made with the help of miniaturized technology.
Deep fitting hearing aids can reduce the chance of occlusion. Because bony part of the ear does not internally vibrate like cartilaginous part of the ear when we talk. This is the highly miniature size and microphone locate in the canal, you don't feel the obstacle using the phone. The natural acoustic of Starkey hearing aids helps the pinna localizing the direction of the sound.
Price Range: ₹60,000 – ₹95,000For more details, you can contact the nearest iHear branch, the hearing aid center in Kolkata. Our professionals will genuinely guide you.