Hearing aid fitting

Following your hearing assessment we would arrange a hearing aid fitting appointment if it is appropriate.

We only offer behind the ear (BTE) hearing aids. There are a choice of three colours that are available such as sand beige, silver or black.

We offer two styles of hearing aids:

Slim tubes
Moulded fit

The style you are given will depend on how bad your hearing loss is and which style the audiologist thinks is more appropriate. The Hearing aids that we provide cover mild losses to profound hearing losses.

If you require an earmould

If you need an earmould the audiologist will need to take an impression of your ear and send this off to get made. Once we receive the custom earmould, we can then arrange a hearing aid fitting appointment.

CROS and BiCROS hearing aids

We do offer contralateral routing of signal (CROS) and bi-contralateral routing of signal (BiCROS) hearing aids. CROS and BiCROS hearing aids can help if you’ve completely lost hearing in one ear. They come as a pair. The hearing aid in the ear with hearing loss picks up sound and sends it to the hearing aid in your good ear. This is done wirelessly.

What will happen at the hearing aid fitting?

A hearing aid fitting is an appointment to have new hearing aids loaned to you to help with your hearing loss. This is usually carried out by an audiologist and lasts around 30 to 45 minutes.

The audiologist will examine the condition of your ears by looking into the ear canals with a small light
The audiologist will select and program the hearing aids using a computer
There will be a couple of tests performed called verification tests. Sounds are played from a speaker with and without hearing aids in your ears and this ensures they match your recent hearing test results
The audiologist will instruct you on the controls, how to change the batteries, how to insert the hearing aid into your ear and how to keep them clean
The audiologist will provide counselling to help you get used to the new sounds and a new way of hearing
We will issue you with an individual management plan which will include information from the appointment and what future care we will provide
We will get in touch in around six to eight weeks following your hearing aid fitting to check how things are going. This appointment will be either a face to face appointment or a telephone appointment
Tubing on aids need replacing every four to six months. You would need to arrange an appointment to have this done, or ask for them to be posted out if you would like to do this yourself
If you have any problems with your hearing aids you will need to book an appointment

Current BTE hearing aid models that we offer

We currently supply Phonak NHS BTE hearing aids. We offer up-to-date hearing aids from the Phonak NHS range. Models provided would depend on the severity of the hearing loss.

Hearing aid colours

For adult hearing aids we offer three hearing aid colours: sand beige, silver or black as an option.

Sand beige

Silver

Velvet black

Moulded fit Hearing aids

These hearing aids will have a custom ear mould attached to the aid. the earpiece will have been made specifically for your ears. Moulded fit hearing aids will cover a vast amount of hearing losses.

Moulded hearing aid example

Slim fit hearing aids

These hearing aids will have a dome attached to the slimtube. The domes prescribed would depend on what is suitable for your hearing loss.

There are different size domes as well as types of domes available which will be chosen to suit the size of your ear canal and prescription requirements. Slim fit hearing aids tend to cover mild to moderate hearing losses.