In the last 20 years, the technology surrounding the hearing industry has made tremendous progress, making your excuse for not hearing virtually disappear! Hearing aids come in all shapes, sizes and styles and are custom tailored to fit your specific loss.

Micro-Canal (CIC)
This remarkable new hearing instrument is not only discreet and comfortable, but also provides important hearing benefits because of its deep placement in the ear canal. The micro-canal may be used with most types of hearing loss. The microphone placement is deeper with this type of aid which offers several advantages including more natural sound quality, minimal wind noise, better directionality and improved telephone use. These are the preferred style of hearing aids today.

Canal
Canal hearing aids are one of the more commonly worn types of hearing aids. Canal aids are designed to fit entirely in the ear canal and can be used for most types of losses. Canal hearing aids do not go into the ear as CIC.

In-the-ear
With the onset of brand new technology, some hearing aid users who were forced to wear behind-the-ear aids are now able to wear in-the-ear aids. In-the-ear aids are the most common kind of hearing aids on the market and fit entirely in the ear. In-the-ear technology is fit for users with mild to profound losses. They are generally the least expensive of all the ear aids.

Behind-the-ear
Behind-the-ear hearing aids have the widest range of use. They fit behind the ear and are attached to an ear mold which fits in the ear to direct sound into the ear drum. Behind-the-ear aids are usually fit to users who have severe to profound losses, as well as children with hearing loss, since the mold can be replaced as the child grows in size.

Open-ear
"Open" fitting hearing aids allow many sounds pass through naturally, without being amplified. In fact, a fully inserted open earbud maintains as much as 70 percent of the canal's open volume and prevents the "plugged-up" feeling that first-time hearing aid wearers often experience. Unlike miniature BTEs, the tiny On-The-Ear (OTE) case, micro-thin tube and discreet earbud give open-ear hearing aids an invisible appearance – comparable to today's smallest premium hearing aids. Hear better with confidence, knowing others will never see you're wearing a hearing aid.

Destiny by Starkey Laboratories
Advanced Digital Hearing Aid Technology

Standard features of the Destiny 1200 are:

• Active Feedback Intercept (AFI) - the most effective feedback erasure system ever developed. AFI uses an entirely new patent-pending method that actually moves nuisance signals in time, so not only does the feedback problem virtually disappear, there are no irritating sound artifacts left behind.
• Acoustic Signature - a sophisticated, technology-driven system that detects and classifies listening environments and switches seamlessly between them, providing a totally natural hearing experience and clearer, better sound quality than ever before.
• Directional Speech Detector (DSD) - standard on behind-the-ear styles and optional on all others — with the quietest directional mode in hearing aid history. DSD continuously monitors the decibel levels in noisy environments and adjusts its reception area.
• Automatic Telephone Response - a first-of-its-kind nanotech switch that senses an analog telephone signal the moment the receiver is lifted to the ear.
• Digital fidelity w/ greater multichannel flexibility to compensate for specific hearing requirements
• Digital processing for better sound quality
• No volume control, it automatically adjusts to your surroundings
• Available in all sizes for most types of hearing loss
• Full factory warranty
• Made in the USA by an American-owned company!

For more information on specific brands of hearing
instruments consult the following web sites:
www.starkey.com
www.phonak-us.com
www.gnresound.com
www.oticon.com

Hearing Unlimited is a credentialed services provider with Hearing Aid Management Systems (H.A.M.S.) working with HMOs, PPOs and other insurance groups to fit hearing aids and administer hearing benefits.
For more information, visit their web site at:
www.earnetwork.net