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Behind the Ear Hearing Aids

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As its name suggests (behind the ear), these devices sit on the bowl of your ear and feed a tube into the canal.

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Their size allows manufacturers to include features such as volume controls and on/off

switches. Modern units are not the clunkers that their predecessors were.

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The BTE unit has three discrete parts, the case, tube and

earmold.

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The case is the hook-like part that sits behind the ear and does the actual augmentation of

sound.

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Audio waves travel from the case through the tube to the earmold, which is essentially a plug made to sit neatly at the opening of your

canal. Similar tips are used to keep your mobile phone headset in place.

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open fit aids are smaller behind the ear devices that work a little different. It

travels deeper into the canal and uses a soft molded dome

to hold it in place.

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The advantage of this type of technology is that it prevents occlusion, that booming sound you hear in your own voice when your hands are pressed

against your ears.

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The two major concerns are the leakage of sound from the ear canal and the problems their design causes with Assistive Listening Devices.

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