In-The-Ear (ITE) Style Transistor Hearing Aids—General Information
Early In-The-Ear (ITE), sometimes referred to as At the Ear, hearing aids
quickly followed the BTE hearing aid onto the market. The earliest ITE hearing aids were relatively large and protruded from the ear
in such a way that they were quite visible. Many consisted of a modular device
attached to a either a generic or a custom made ear mold.
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Example of an In-The-Ear (ITE) Transistor Hearing Aid
Click on the "Transistor
(Ear)"
button
(on the
left), and then "In-the-Ear" and/or "In-the-Canal" to see the details
of this and other In-the-Ear/In-the-Canal
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There were four basic sizes of In-The-Ear hearing aids. Pictured at the right
are the "big" full-shell hearing aid (left), mid-sized half-shell
hearing aid, in-the canal hearing aid, and the tiny almost invisible completely-in-canal (CIC) hearing aid
(right). ITE aids are suitable for mild, moderate and severe hearing losses today.
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Examples of a the Four Sizes of In-the-Ear Hearing Aids
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