hearing aidsA Swedish company, Phontak hearing aids creates advanced hearing devices with either analog or digital technology that will fit completely in the canal (CIC); in the ear (ITE), behind the ear (BTE) and in the canal (ITC)These different styles of hearing aids help the slightly hearing impaired to the extremely hearing impaired to hear various degrees of sounds and voices. These different styles of hearing aids are a long way from the large square boxes hearing impaired or nearly deaf individuals used to have to wear several decades ago. These large boxes were strapped to their chest and picked up all sounds and transmitted them up to the ears through long wires; however people could not make out the difference between a person talking and a dog barking. Many people relied on reading lips and studying facial expressions in order to ‘fill in the gaps’ of what they did not hear. 

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