Hearing aids come in a variety of designs and with a wide range of functions and features to address an individual’s specific needs. The most basic components include a microphone, an amplifier, a receiver, and (in the case of digital hearing technology) a small computer.
Hearing Aid Styles
We pride ourselves on fitting the highest-quality hearing aids available on the market today, expertly programmed to meet the demands of your lifestyle.
The unprecedented effectiveness of modern digital hearing devices comes from a powerful combination of professional expertise, software, and hardware. We provide hearing testing at our location in Fort Worth to better diagnose which hearing aids fit your hearing care needs.
Invisible Hearing Aids
For mild to moderately severe hearing loss
Our discreet invisible-in-the-canal hearing aid offers a secure fit and advanced noise-processing technology, making it ideal for life on the go.
About This Type
With invisible-in-the-canal hearing aids, this system packs clarity and power into the tiniest of packages — hearing aids so small, they will only be noticed if someone knows you’re wearing them. Look, feel, and hear your best with devices that help you fully perform the activities you love.
These invisible devices offer the most advanced sound-processing and noise-reduction technology, meaning you’re ready for all situations. Your invisible system will do all the work for you in adjusting to whatever environment you’re in, allowing you to pay attention to the people and things you really care about — not the hearing aids you’re wearing. Invisible-in-the-canal devices are available for all but the most severe degrees of hearing loss.
In-the-Canal
For people with mild to severe hearing loss.
With a discreet, glasses-friendly fit and external controls, our in-the-canal technology is the perfect piece to complement your lifestyle.
About This Type
For those who prefer a more discreet hearing system, the in-the-canal style provides a comfortable better-hearing solution. In-the-canal systems are available for all types of treatable hearing loss and can be customized with external control options to meet your easy adjustment needs.
In-the-canal devices are easy to insert, easy to remove, and easy on your eyewear. Because they fit entirely in the ear canal, these devices won’t interfere with glasses, hats, or other headwear. And because they are custom molded just for your unique ear shape, they stay put — even when you’re on the move.
Completely-in-Canal
For people with mild to severe hearing loss.
Sleek and subtle, this completely-in-the-canal technology is molded to the contours of your ear for a superior fit that offers a natural look and hearing experience.
About This Type
Powerful, subtle, and customized to comfortably and snugly fit your ear canal, completely-in-the-canal units are perfect for activity-filled days with friends and family. Completely-in-the-canal devices come equipped with external switches that give the user even more control over hearing. With Bluetooth® technology, your hearing system becomes a hub for streaming phone calls and media directly to your ears.
For those with treatable hearing loss, completely-in-the-canal devices are among the least visible hearing aid types. Sitting deeper in the canal allows these units to provide clear sound with less wind interference, meaning you get a more natural hearing experience.
In-the-Ear
For people with mild to severe hearing loss.
Our in-the-ear hearing aids are custom molded for you and are powerful and comfortable, allowing for all-day use.
Available in half or full shell models
About This Type
For those who prefer a more discreet hearing system, in-the-canal style provides a comfortable better-hearing solution. In-the-canal systems are available for all types of treatable hearing loss and can be customized with external control options to meet your easy adjustment needs.
In-the-canal devices are easy to insert, easy to remove, and easy on your eyewear. Because they fit entirely in the ear canal, these devices won’t interfere with glasses, hats, or other headwear. And because they are custom molded just for your unique ear shape, they stay put — even when you’re on the move.
Receiver-in-Canal
For mild to moderately severe hearing loss.
Reliable and convenient, the receiver-in-canal device has a lightweight feel and a flexible fit, and it is among our most popular systems.
About This Type
With a comfortable, open-fit design that’s perfect for almost all types of hearing loss, AGX® Hearing’s receiver-in-canal (RIC) devices make better hearing a breeze. Although the speaker and microphone are both located on the shell of RIC devices, the speaker is fed into the ear canal with a comfortable, flexible dome that allows sound to pass through the ear canal naturally. These open fittings reduce wind noise and feedback.
Although RIC devices sit behind the ear, the small, sleek design means that they’re barely visible when worn, and they help provide clear, confident communication. With AGX Hearing’s RIC devices, hearing is as natural and effortless as possible.
Behind-the-Ear
Appropriate for almost all types of hearing loss.
Our behind-the-ear technology puts you in control with customizable fit options, wireless connectivity, and easy volume control.
About This Type
Behind-the-ear units offer the most flexible, adaptable, and powerful technology available. Custom earmolds fit your outer ear and ear canal comfortably for all-day use, and the open-canal earpieces help prevent that “plugged up” feeling that some users experience.
Behind-the-ear units house the speaker and microphone inside the shell that sits snugly on the ear, while sound travels into the ear canal via acoustic tubing. These devices are among the most easily adjustable, with simple switches to quickly control volume and program settings that better match changes to your surroundings. These units are also available as miniature versions.
Fitting of Digital Hearing Aids
All patients undergo a comprehensive hearing exam prior to receiving hearing aids to determine the cause and extent of the loss. A detailed case history is also completed.
Once a patient becomes a candidate for hearing aids based upon their hearing loss, all options are discussed with the patient, including style of the hearing instrument and technology level required to meet their communication goals. The hearing aids are then programmed to match the patient’s unique hearing loss. The programing is verified by using probe-microphone visible speech mapping. At this point, every patient undergoes comprehensive instruction on how to listen again.
Emphasis is placed on how the brain must relearn to focus on specific sounds that the individual wants to pay attention to and ignore irrelevant noises. All patients are also instructed on use and care of the hearing instruments, and follow-up tests are performed to assure optimal programming of the aids.
Hearing Aid Checks and Servicing
The cornerstone of our customer service is the follow-up our patients receive once fitted with hearing aids.
Most patients initially require three to four office visits to understand how to once again listen and how to take care of their new hearing aids. Subsequent hearing aid adjustments or troubleshooting is always available at no charge for the life of the hearing instruments. In fact, most patients can be seen for hearing aid related problems the day they call.
In addition, all patients receive our quarterly newsletter to keep them informed of the latest research into hearing disorders and technological improvements.
Finally, all patients are scheduled for an annual hearing exam to retest their natural hearing and to clean and check the hearing aids.