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Hearing Aid Sizes and Styles
The size and style of hearing aids that is recommended for you will depend on factors such as degree of hearing loss, size and shape of your ear canal, and some medical conditions such as chronic ear drainage. Your audiologist will carefully discuss options with you and help guide you to a style of hearing instrument that you are comfortable wearing.
Hearing aids are available to fit either behind the ear or in the ear. The behind-the-ear model can be fit with either custom earmolds or with the new open-fit technology. When appropriate, open-fit technology is used to keep the ear canal open to help certain sounds, such as your own voice, remain natural and comfortable. In-the-ear models are all custom molded to your ear to ensure a comfortable fit.
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