{"id":1559,"date":"2023-11-21T09:41:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T08:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caisalud.com\/invisible-hearing-aids-what-are-they-and-what-are-their-benefits\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T10:07:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T09:07:21","slug":"invisible-hearing-aids-what-are-they-and-what-are-their-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caisalud.com\/en\/invisible-hearing-aids-what-are-they-and-what-are-their-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Invisible hearing aids: What are they and what are their benefits?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1559\" class=\"elementor elementor-1559 elementor-1295\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24590ab e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"24590ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e720b4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e720b4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Invisible canal-housed hearing aids are small prostheses custom-made to fit the patient&#8217;s ear canal, and a very good option when it comes to improving the quality of their hearing.<\/p>\n<p>For its manufacture, a <b>mixture of different silicones is made<\/b>, injected with a special syringe into the patient&#8217;s ear, and this gives us the mould of the depth and size of the ear canal, which we will call an impression.<\/p>\n<p>With the previously detailed step, we will obtain the two impressions, to later manufacture <b>the final casing with a 3D printer<\/b>, where the different parts and components of the hearing aid will be adjusted: microphone, earpiece module, for its correct functioning.<\/p>\n<p>The aesthetic result will depend on the characteristics of the ear, so we will try, if the canal allows it, to place it in the innermost part of the ear as much as possible. This makes the final hearing aid <b>very discreet<\/b>, and in most cases it will go unnoticed by others.<\/p>\n<p>If the canal or the loss does not recommend one of these hearing aids, the ideal choice is the <b>RITE hearing aid<\/b>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8680818 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8680818\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8b22bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f8b22bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 29-01-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The most popular invisible hearing aids are:\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64fbdea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64fbdea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li>CIC (fully inserted in the channel)<\/li>\n<li>IIC (Invisible in the channel)<\/li>\n<li>A lesser known but very easy to use and unnoticed system is the RITE system (receiver inside the channel, the rest behind the ear).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-186027e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"186027e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-495bea5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"495bea5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What? Sorry? Can you repeat?\n\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fe5359 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fe5359\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When you start to detect problems, the first thing to do is to assume that you can still hear but no longer understand.<\/p>\n<p>This type of hearing aids, born precisely, with the social need to try to hide the hearing problem, but at the same time to to try to hide the hearing problem, but at the same time to perceive sounds in a natural way. sounds in a natural way.<\/p>\n<p><b>Microelectronics and its evolution<\/b> did the rest until today, where they have advanced enormously.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of not only aesthetic but also acoustic characteristics, compared to archaic pouch models, they were the necessary push for many people to decide to adapt to hearing aids.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the RITE system hearing aid appeared, which is a combination of a behind-the-ear hearing aid, but without the limitations that a canal-housed hearing aid offers. Being a virtually invisible hearing aid.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a361bd7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a361bd7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-415592c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"415592c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Smaller, bigger benefits, better advantages.\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa68383 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa68383\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the 1990s, digitalisation in the audiology sector was a giant leap forward. We had to change the small screwdriver, which we used for adjustments, for a complete programming software and computer, which is still with us today.<\/p>\n<p>Year after year, audiology has only grown, improved and refined its hearing systems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4026056 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4026056\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Size<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8aca273 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8aca273\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Did you know that today&#8217;s invisible hearing aids are even smaller than their predecessors &#8211; you can even order them in the colour closest to your skin? That&#8217;s right, the result will be 100% personalised.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecc5912 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ecc5912\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sound<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-549d36f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"549d36f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0241b51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0241b51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our entire ear is like an antenna, which channels the sound wave to the inner ear canal, where the hearing aid is located. The feeling with the sound will be very natural, the orientation will be improved and the annoying wind noise will be reduced to a large extent.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeb7b89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eeb7b89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Power\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a83a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3a83a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most hearing losses, from mild to moderate to severe, can be corrected with hearing aids. There is a wide range of headphone models to choose from, and at our Hearing Centres in Alicante, Calpe and Torrevieja, our Audiology Technicians will help you choose the most suitable one.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1cb44a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1cb44a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Comfort<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d34dbc8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d34dbc8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The most dynamic people, athletes, spectacle wearers or those who do physical work, will be the ones who will appreciate this type of invisible hearing aids the most. As they are protected in the ear canal, they are very comfortable and safe and can be used for almost any daily activity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67e1abb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67e1abb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Connectivity\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e9836 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65e9836\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If connectivity is desired, it should be noted that the invisible CIC type hearing aid, being completely housed in the canal, leaves less room for technology.<\/p>\n<p>RITE headsets are an ideal solution, as they house part of the machinery behind the ear and have Bluetooth connectivity. This allows us to connect perfectly to devices such as phones, PCs, TVs, etc&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Its use will depend on the patient&#8217;s anatomy. Certain types of leakage or lesions, excessive earwax, suppuration, malformations, perforation of the eardrum are some of the circumstances in which their use is discouraged.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to see if this is a good option for you is to make an appointment with our audiologists and they will advise you on everything you need.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5972ffc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5972ffc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Autonomy<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a379d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a379d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-5116\" class=\"post-single clearfix drop-caps post-5116 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"post-excerpt\">\n<p>They depend on a low battery life, although this issue is improving considerably over the last year. 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