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Hearing aids: finding the right device for you
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For a limited time, we’re giving you a chance to make huge savings on our best hearing technology. Trade in your old pair of hearing aids and we’ll give you £2,000 towards a pair of top-of-the-range, Oticon Intent™ 1 or Oticon Own™ 1 hearing aids.
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We offer a range of modern digital hearing aids. And with our 60-day money-back guarantee, you can try them at home, risk free.
Everyone’s needs are different, and our hearing care experts are here to help you choose the best hearing aid for you. They'll adjust your hearing aids so their personalised to suit you and your lifestyle.
Engage effortlessly in life with groundbreaking 4D sensors
Traditional hearing aids understand sound, but not the person listening to the sound. This isn't ideal, since listening needs vary from person to person – even in the same sound environment.
Oticon Intent™ was designed differently. Using groundbreaking sensors that recognise and adapt to what you want and need to listen to, so you can enjoy a seamless, personalised listening experience all day long.
How the technology works
Sensors pick up on your movements, interaction cues, and details from your 360º sound scene to better understand how you want to engage with what’s around you. The sensors instinctively adapt to your environment, giving you the right support for each moment.
What is a hearing aid?
Hearing aids are small, high-tech devices that help you hear if you suffer from hearing loss. They amplify your surrounding sounds (such as conversations, TV shows, or the radio) to help you communicate and participate in everyday situations.
How does a hearing aid work?
Sound is carried across three different components:
- Microphone - receives sound waves and converts them into electrical signals
- Amplifier - increases the strength of the audio signals and sends them on to the ear
- Receiver / speaker - converts the amplified electrical audio signals into sound and sends them further into the ear canal
4 popular types of hearing aids
Hearing aid types comparison table
There’s more than one factor to consider when choosing a hearing aid. To make sure you get the one that’s right for you, you’ll need to consider a few things, such as the severity of your hearing loss, ear canal shape, dexterity, lifestyle, your budget and other personal preferences. The guide below will help you get to grips with the differences between the main types of hearing aids.
Invisible-in-the-canal | Completely-in-the-canal | In-the-canal | Half/Full shell in-the-ear | miniRITE (Receiver-in-the-ear) |
miniRITE R (Receiver-in-the-ear) |
Behind-the-ear Plus/Ultra Power |
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Most discreet | ✔ | ✔ | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | - |
Bluetooth connectivity | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Long battery life | - | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Easy to adjust volume and programs | - | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Exchangeable battery | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | - | ✔ |
Rechargeable battery | - | - | - | - | - | ✔ | - |
Mild to moderate hearing loss | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | - |
Severe hearing loss | - | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Profound hearing loss | - | - | - | - | - | - | ✔ |
6 benefits of wearing hearing aids
Why Hidden Hearing
How long have Hidden Hearing been around?
Hidden Hearing were founded in 1968 as a small, family-run business.
The UK's largest hearing care specialist
Fast-forward 50+ years and we now have over 75 high-street hearing centres, and run over 260+ hearing clinics from other healthcare practices.
Expert advice
We offer free hearing tests, hearing care and tinnitus advice, and ear wax removal (via microsuction). If you have hearing loss, we offer the very latest in hearing aid technology, expertly tailored to you and your needs.
Sandra
“Embracing my hearing has been one of the best things for me, my family and my career.
It’s just improved year on year since I’ve had my new hearing aids.”
Audio | Visual |
My hearing loss came when I was 38, it was quite a shock really. | Sandra is walking through a reception area. |
My husband at the time kept saying to me, “I’m talking to you, you’re not listening to me.” | Sandra is shown sitting against a wall with a flowered pattern. She looks into the camera and is laughing. |
And it started off as a mild hearing loss but in the last 20 years now it’s literally gone like that [motions a steep decline with hand]. I wanted to train to be a teacher. I’d gone back to do an IT access course. I couldn’t hear what the teacher when they were writing, when he had his back to me writing on the board, or any of the students in front of me, so I had to change tack. It affected my family life, I think… the children – especially my middle son, he’s got such a soft voice. One of the things I used to despair at more than anything was when you had to ask them to repeat themselves and they’d say, “It’s alright Mum, it’s fine, doesn’t matter.” Well it does matter, you do want to be part of their conversation and I used to find that very upsetting. I’ve done a lot of nodding in the right places and sometimes you get caught out because it doesn’t always work. I wanted to go to a networking meeting, but the thought of doing… They used to do these “you have to talk about yourself for a minute”. I couldn’t make out what the lady was asking me in front. |
Sandra is now sitting on a sofa in a grand reception room while she is talking to us. |
I thought: “there’s got to be something better out there that can help me,” and that’s where I discovered Hidden Hearing. | Sandra is engaging lively conversation. She is sitting across a table from another lady in a dining room. |
I think the service and support that I’ve got from Hidden Hearing has been first class, explaining why you should wear you hearing aids every day, and they check to make sure you’re getting on with them, if there’s anything that might need tweaking. | Sandra is sitting in the grand reception room. Sandra is again show engaging in conversation in a dining room. |
Being told that you need to wear hearing aids every day for your brain to adjust and get used to them. | Sandra is laughing at what is being said by her companion in the dining room. Sandra is again sitting in the grand reception room. |
Well the hearing aids that I wear now are Oticon Opn and they’re more discreet, you’ve got tiny, tiny tubes that run down the side here [motions to ear]. For the first time ever I now wear my hair up so, you know, I can literally wear my hair up and I don’t feel ashamed. I used to feel ashamed of big thick tubes, so they’re quite discreet and the clarity’s wonderful with them. | The camera is now focusing on Sandra’s hair from behind. She is pulling her hair up into a ponytail. Holding her hair with left hand, she is motioning to her right ear, gesturing to where the tubes on her old hearing aid would have been on the outside of her ear. |
With my hearing aids and my mobile phone – I absolutely love it – the fact that it’s all Bluetoothed into your ears. Embracing my hearing has been one of the best things for me, my family and my career. It’s just improved year on year since I’ve had my new hearing aids. I’ve now gone from a team of - I had three, I think, three years ago to, I think, we’re up to 67. The best thing about switching my life on with my newfound hearing is I’ve got my confidence back. I’ve got my wiggle back – that’s how I see it – and I’m loving life again. | Sandra is sitting in a dining room, talking with a male and female companion. Sandra is sitting in the grand reception room. |
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Hearing aid brands and models
There are many high-quality, reliable hearing aids on the market. Each brand or model is unique in its own way, and it can be difficult knowing where to start. We’ve brought together the most important information about the brands and models we offer at Hidden Hearing. This way, you can get a quick overview of all your different available options.
Hearing aids brands and models
We work with award-winning hearing aid brands
Latest hearing aid technologies and features
Hearing aids have gone through major technological innovations during the past decade. Today's digital hearing aids deliver better sound quality and can make your life easier through intelligent, high-tech features.
Oticon Intent™
Using breakthrough sensor technology, Oticon Intent™ understands your listening needs and recognizes when they change, delivering a personalised experience for each moment.
What is the best hearing aid on the market?
Hearing aids are not one-size-fits-all solutions. We want to help you find the best hearing aid, one that’s specifically tailored and personalised to you. To do this, we’ll help you carefully consider the following:
- Your hearing ability
- Hearing aid type & technology
- Comfort
- Price and quality
- Your lifestyle and listening situations
- Your dexterity, vision and other individual needs
Hearing aid prices and financing options in the UK
The prices of hearing aids can vary depending on where you live and what product you choose. In general, the more advanced the technology and features, the higher the price. Our hearing care experts are skilled in balancing your hearing needs with your budget to find the right solution for you.
Insurance plans and medical coverage can also have an effect on the final price of the hearing aids. The more advanced technology and features a hearing aid offers, the higher the price. Finding the right price point for you is a matter of weighing the costs and advantages of hearing aid features and technologies – and then matching these with your needs and budget.
Hearing aid finance & payment plans
You don’t need a referral from a doctor to receive a free consultation or to purchase a hearing aid at one of our clinics.
We are happy to help you understand the different payment plans and funding options that are available to you.