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Once You Saw Them, Now You Dont: CIC Hearing Aids
Listening devices have come a long
way before appearing as state of
the art CIC hearing aids. Hearing
loss is as common to the human
experience as old age and throughout the ages, people have
either accepted an increasingly
quieter sounding existence or used
the tech of the day to hear better.
Back in the 1600s, ear trumpets were employed to help men and
women get better sound. Often, you'll see these long, funnel
shaped tools used by elderly folks in a Victorian-era films,
probably as a joke. By today's standards, ear trumpets do seem
comical but at the time, they were important hearing instruments.
The horn, typically made of sheet iron or another malleable
material, required the user to hold one ear near the smaller end of the funnel to hear sound waves, which naturally gather inside
the tube. Surprisingly, these passive tools were made into the
1960s, by which time, modern listening devices became the clear
successor.
Like CIC hearing aids, modern devices are active, employing
audio circuitry to produce better sound. It began with body worn
aids, which started to pop up in the middle of the 20th century.
These resembled a personal music player, with a device the size
of a deck of playing cards worn in the pocket or clipped to a belt. The case attached to a long wire and earbud inserted into the
ear.
Eventually, these were replaced by BTE hearing aids, which were
a marvel for the industry. Now however, even the newest behind the ear devices appear to be oversized and bulky next to a
completely in canal listening instrument. It's inserted deeper into
the ear than any other aid and must be installed by an audiologist
for safety.
Completely in canal devices are best for sufferers with moderate
to mild hearing loss due to their smaller size but if you're a good
candidate, it offers a substantial benefit: privacy. It's virtually
impossible to tell that someone is wearing a CIC hearing aid,
which is a huge draw for many.
REFERENCES:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_trumpet
http://www.rle.mit.edu/media/pr142/23_Greenberg.pdf
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