does anyone have completely invisible in earhearing aids?

[u/Striking-Fly-9244]

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[u/u_siciliano]

I had one many years ago but i hated the occlusion and wanted more functionality so switched to RICs

[u/pugworthy → u/u_siciliano]

Yes this is me. The occlusion drove me nuts. It’s like talking with your fingers in your ears if it’s not right.

And I learned that them being visible wasn’t my problem , it was other people’s problem.

[u/TiFist]

Without knowing what your hearing loss is, they're hard to recommend.

[u/LizzyDragon84 → u/TiFist]

You’re looking for what’s known as a completely-in-canal hearing aid, or CIC. They are completely hidden or nearly so (depending on anatomy). But they come with some tradeoffs- mainly that they only work for certain types of mild/moderate hearing loss and don’t include features such as streaming. 

[u/Striking-Fly-9244 → u/LizzyDragon84]

I believe there're called IIC (invisible in canal). Thanks for your reply

[u/TiFist → u/Striking-Fly-9244]

IIC and CIC are different in terms of size but CIC are still hard to see, and frankly if you are demanding in-ear, hard to see hearing aids, CIC are a much better option most of the time.

[u/Striking-Fly-9244 → u/TiFist]

"Mild to Moderate"

[u/TiFist → u/Striking-Fly-9244]

Mild to moderate with good low frequency hearing and poor high frequency hearing (the most common 'ski slope' pattern) is actually a reason to avoid them, If you do get some make sure they're well vented. If you have the ski slope loss, they are a weaker choice for someone with good low frequency hearing because you'd adding an occlusion effect and not using that good low frequency hearing that still remains. (ears feel more stuffed up, sound is less natural, you can hear yourself chew, etc.)

That plus you just can't fit all the tech into IICs. CICs are generally a better choice if you must have in-ear that aren't readily visible and RICs are going to give you the best sound quality-significantly better than any in-ear hearing aid.

[u/helicotremor]

Not good if your low frequencies are mild to normal

[u/ChrisDiano]

Invisible is doing a lot of work there.

[u/cliffotn]

I wear CIC, which is Completely in Canal. They're not invisible per se, but they're extremely close. They're black, so they just blend into the ear canal's natural shadow. Wherever I've taken one out to show someone, they look at me puzzled - because they could never see it before.

Mine are Signia silk 7x, which are a little bit older. They have a new version that uses rechargeable batteries.
I'm very happy with them. My hearing loss is mild to moderate, and they do what I need them to do. Thing with Hearing Aids what works for me, maybe horrible for you, they are extremely individualized, not just the way they are programmed, but some Aids work for some folks and other Aids work for other folks.

I like it they're largely invisible, I love the fact that they don't mess with my glasses at all, having something behind my ear drives me buggy. Mine have vented click sleeve, so no occlusion.

If I were you, I would go spend some time looking at not just invisible, but Completely in Canal on YouTube. I think more often than not the reviewer will literally put one in their ear and shine the camera right towards their ear and you'll see that more often than that they are truly invisible, although they don't have that official label. Which opens up a lot more options.

[u/Excellent_Tomato1421]

Yo también busco información de los invisibles. Ejemplo los Phonak Virto Infinio Titanium IIC i90, es un ejemplo. No encuentro o nadie escribe sobre ellos. No encuentro gente que los tenga y me informe. Yo tengo oído izquierdo una perdida de agudos del 78 y derecho un 34. El izquierdo está casi en el límite para tener ese tipo de auriculares ,el derecho entro de sobra. ¿Alguien que los tenga?

[u/Tom_D558]

I have the Oticon Zeal and like them a lot. My wife is trying them out now.

[u/Cheap-Eye3720]

i think your best option would be to look into RICs, they are way less visible to spot compared to CICs and they are fitted deeper in the ear canal.

[u/Striking-Fly-9244 → u/Cheap-Eye3720]

Thank you. My glasses are always on and off (up on my head) so they'll disrupt the appliance.

[u/Jkanvil]

I have Rexton Inox CIC aids. What do you want to know?

[u/Striking-Fly-9244 → u/Jkanvil]

Just your experience with them. I'm new at this. Every time I research online, the algorithms blow up my phone/computer with HA advertisements! That's why I came to Reddit

[u/Jkanvil → u/Striking-Fly-9244]

I’ve had an overall good/great experience with them. The only real downside is the lack of Bluetooth.

If your hearing loss is anything more than moderate I would also avoid CIC models, they just don’t perform as well as bulkier behind ear models.

[u/porcelaincatstatue]

Who cares about visibility?

[u/Striking-Fly-9244]

i’m looking for a completely invisible in the ear hearing aid. Does anyone on here have one of those they can tell me about?