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Would an ITC offer more than a CIC? Although as a kid I wore a single BTE (until I was able to get two CICs and benefit from binaural hearing), I'm reluctant to get two BTEs because of the 'lifestyle change', mainly being able to listen to music with headphones and use the telephone --...

In my quest for new CICs (I've been wearing two for the past six years), I came across an audiologist/dispenser who seems ADAMANT about not fitting CICs into my left ear, but an ITC (In The Canal), the immediately larger model of aid. He claims that we have to compensate not only for my hearing...

The shorter list I'm narrowing it down somewhat to: Oticon Gaia or Oticon Adapto Phonak eXtra Widex Diva Starkey Axent III So far all the others I've seen are out of my price range. Has anyone had any experience with the above in a CIC?

After 6 years of wearing two Siemens Signia CICs I'm shopping around for an upgrade. So far I'm considering the following: Bernafon: Neo Phonak: Maxx or eXtra Oticon: Gaia or Adapto Siemens: Triano Starkey: Axent III Note that I haven't considered the top of the line models of each...

I've been wearing two Siemens Signia CICs for the past 6 years and it's probably time for an upgrade. However, the local representatives here in Athens, Greece where I live don't seem to know much regarding technical specifications (they mostly talk about the number of channels) and I'd like...