Hearing Aids

From custom-fit, invisible hearing aids to rechargeable and Bluetooth tech, The Hearing Care Partnership offers an array of cutting-edge hearing aid technology, catered to your individual needs by our expert audiologists. With our personalised service package, you can also expect year-round aftercare to make sure your hearing is well taken care of.

A man wearing a hearing aid and glasses.

What is a hearing aid?

Hearing aids are small, electronic devices that can be worn in, or behind the ear, to amplify sounds for those affected by hearing loss. These clever little devices are packed full of technology which works hard to adjust sounds, clarify speech and reduce the impact of noisy backgrounds.

Typically a hearing aid is made up of three key components; a microphone, an amplifier and a speaker. Sound waves are picked up through the microphone and converted into electrical signals. These signals then travel to the amplifier where the power before being sent to the ear via the speaker.

How does a hearing aid work?

Hearing aids work by adjusting sounds, not just by making things louder. In fact, with today’s hearing aid technology, audiologists can programme hearing aids to reduce background noise, whilst increasing the volume of the sounds that you want to hear, so you can comfortably focus on conversations without being distracted.

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Hearing aid fitting styles

Different types of hearing aids

Hearing aids, and the technology used within them, have evolved a long way since the days of larger, bulky contraptions, and are now much more advanced and pleasing to the eye. With a range of shapes and styles available, knowing what’s best for you can often be confusing. But, with The Hearing Care Partnership, our expert audiologists can offer you the right support and guidance to find the aids best suited to your needs. Here’s an overview of the different types of aids available:

Invisible In Canal Hearing Aid.

Invisible In Canal (IIC)

Invisible In Canal hearing aids pack incredible technology into a tiny shell. These invisible hearing aids are custom-fitted to sit comfortably and unnoticeably inside your ear canal, so you and the people around you won’t even know it’s there! These hearing aids are suitable for mild to moderate hearing loss.

  • Custom-fitted to sit comfortably within the ear
  • Discrete
  • Provides a natural sound experience
  • Best suited to individuals with mild to moderate hearing loss
Completely In Canal hearing aids.

Completely In Canal (CIC)

Completely In Canal hearing aids are small, custom-moulded devices that sit inside your ear canal. Despite their subtle appearance, they hold some amazing modern hearing technology, which makes them perfect for those who have moderate hearing loss.

  • Custom-fitted to sit comfortably inside the ear
  • Small but powerful
  • Best suited to individuals with mild to moderate hearing loss
In-the-canal hearing aids.

In The Canal (ITC)

Similarly to CIC aids, In The Canal hearing aids are moulded to fit inside your ear canal, so they fit snugly and securely. Although discrete, their size makes putting them in and taking them out easier than with some smaller in-canal hearing aids.

  • Less fiddly to handle compared to other styles
  • Secure fitting
  • Discrete
In-the-ear hearing aids.

In The Ear (ITE)

In The Ear hearing aids are a custom-moulded aid that combines power with a discreet design. Due to their larger size, these aids are ideal for individuals with more severe levels of hearing loss, who may need more amplification than can be provided by moulded in-canal aids.

  • Best suited to individuals with moderate to severe hearing loss
  • High levels of amplification
  • Custom moulded
Receiver-in-canal hearing aids.

Receiver In Canal (RIC)

Receiver In canal hearing aids offer some of the most advanced hearing aid technology on the market and are suitable for a variety of hearing loss types. They’re a very popular style, as they’re easy to use and crammed with some of the world’s most advanced hearing aid technology.

  • Suitable for a wide range of losses
  • Packed full of advanced tech
  • Subtle design
Behind-the-ear hearing aid.

Behind The Ear (BTE)

Behind The Ear hearing aids are ideal for more severe levels of hearing loss. Due to their larger size, they are extremely easy to handle, and they offer incredible levels of amplification, clarity, and functionality.

  • Best suited to individuals with mild to moderate hearing loss
  • Easy to use
  • Packed full of technology for great levels of amplification and clarity

The world's leading hearing aid brands

Hearing Aid Brands

At The Hearing Care Partnership we are proud to offer a vast collection of hearing aids from some of the world’s leading hearing brands, all carefully tailored to you by our expert audiologists.

Oticon, the hearing aids' brand, logo and slogan 'People first'.

Oticon

Founded in Denmark, Oticon has been creating cutting-edge hearing technology since 1904, and now offers some of the best Bluetooth and rechargeable aids on the market.

Phonak, the hearing aids' brand, logo and slogan 'Life is on'.

Phonak

Phonak is a leading hearing aid manufacturer with a global reputation for creating high-quality hearing aid tech. Consistently at the forefront of their industry, Phonak is a Swiss-based company that lives by its motto: ‘Life is on’.

ReSound, the hearing aids' brand, logo.

ReSound

ReSound is a market-leading provider of discreet hearing aid technology, with a presence in more than 80 countries around the world. ReSound’s combination of state-of-the-art hearing solutions, impeccable sound clarity and small form-factor devices put it at the forefront of hearing aid technology.

Starkey, the hearing aids' brand, logo.

Starkey

Starkey is a US hearing aid company that puts innovation first. Of course, every company says they’re innovative – but Starkey has the track record to back it up. It was the first manufacturer to make the tiny in-canal hearing aids that are now hugely popular, and the first to waterproof hearing aids using nanotechnology.

Unitron, the hearing aids' brand, logo.

Unitron

Putting customers first and striving for ever-more innovative product designs has paid off for Unitron: it has won an array of industry and design awards. But above all, it is always on the hunt for new designs and technologies that will make life easier for hearing loss sufferers.

Widex, the hearing aids' brand, logo.

Widex

Widex is a big player in the hearing aid world, distributing its devices in over 100 countries. Beginning life as a family-owned company, it now employs 4,000 people worldwide and has cemented its reputation as one of the industry’s most well-regarded manufacturers. Among its technological firsts was the world’s first digital-in-the-ear hearing aid.

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Hearing aid technology

We now live in a digital age, and much like the technology around us, hearing aids are now jam-packed with some amazing technology. From invisible aids that sit discreetly within the ear canal to rechargeable aids that make the fiddley job of changing batteries a thing of the past, at The Hearing Care Partnership we have groundbreaking hearing aids that work to suit your lifestyle, whatever your needs are. We even have hearing aids that connect to your phone!

Hearing aid prices

Your hearing journey starts from the moment you walk in the door, which is why we don’t stop at hearing aids. In fact, all of our hearing aids come as part of our Complete Hearing Care Packages, so you know all of your needs are covered.

Diamond Package

  • Clear, crisp sound quality to enable enhanced speech intelligibility
  • Fully automatic adjustment to help in more complicated listening environments
  • Maximum noise reduction to assist in complicated environments
  • Ability to automatically locate sounds which helps you to focus in on speech
  • Quick processing to help achieve maximum brain hearing response
  • Wireless connectivity for additional devices
  • Bluetooth connectivity for direct streaming

£5,300

Platinum Package

  • Clear, crisp sound quality to enable enhanced speech intelligibility
  • Automatic adjustment to help in more listening environments
  • Noise reduction to assist in moderate sound environments
  • Ability to automatically locate sounds which helps you to focus in on speech
  • Quick processing to help with brain hearing
  • Wireless connectivity for additional devices
  • Bluetooth connectivity for direct streaming

£4,600

Premium Package

  • Good sound quality to enable enhanced speech intelligibility
  • Helpful in medium groups of 4-6 people
  • Noise reduction to assist listening is moderate sound environments
  • Quick processing to help with brain hearing
  • Wireless connectivity for additional devices
  • Bluetooth connectivity for direct streaming

£4,000

Advanced+ Package

  • Helpful in small groups of 2-4 people
  • Ability to give some reduction to surrounding noise
  • Wireless connectivity for additional devices

£3,400

Advanced Package

  • Ability to hearing in one-to-one situations
  • Has ability to focus your hearing onto your conversation with the individual opposite you
  • Wireless connectivity for additional devices

£2,600

Essential Package

  • Ability to hear one-to-one conversation
  • Best for listening in quiet situations

£1,800

Frequently asked questions

Hearing aid packages range from £1800 – £5300. The technology, support & warranty increases with the higher level of packages offered. For example, the technology’s ability to help your brain process speech in noise gets increasingly better (a common difficulty for people with hearing loss). The range of frequency support increases at each level, which provides sharper sound quality. The Essential and Advanced packages include a 3 year manufacturer warranty on the hearing aids, whereas the other levels have an extended 5 year warranty. This can be really reassuring for patients to know they’re covered for longer.

All of our hearing aids are provided with private care, we do not provide NHS hearing aids. The difference between the two options is that private hearing aids are more advanced in the technology being used in NHS hearing aids by roughly 5-6 years, or the equivalent of 3 generations of technology. The NHS is far more limited in the range and style of hearing aids available compared to the options at The Hearing Care Partnership or other private practices.

We provide regular, consistent aftercare with 6 month checks and annual tests. It is important to monitor your hearing regularly to identify any changes. Private providers offer access to better quality technology than in the NHS, but also some level of autonomy in what you can have: your audiologist will always guide you to the best clinical solution, but patients do have an element of say in this (the NHS is much more restricted). You will also benefit from detailed and thorough assessments that include video otoscopy, tympanometry and speech testing.

Your audiologist will be on hand to guide you with the different styles of hearing aids. A lot of the decisions regarding appropriate hearing aid choices will be influenced by a patient’s age, severity of their loss, hearing needs (time spent in challenging vs quiet environments), dexterity, eyesight, and whether they are an experienced hearing aid wearer or not.

This will all depend on how well you look after your hearing aids. On average research has shown that hearing aids last around 6 years – at this point many users will look at new hearing aid technology as they realise how much of a role technology plays in having good hearing. In those 6 years, hearing aid technology will have moved on, and they will no longer be covered by the manufacturer’s warranty. However, that’s not to say you have to upgrade your hearing aids if they are working well for you.

Keeping hearing aids hygienic is very important as your ears are delicate. Make sure you are replacing the domes and filters at least monthly. In the meantime, get into a good routine of cleaning the dome and hearing aid with a clean tissue, alcohol wipe or antibacterial wipe.

This can be due to wax blocking the ear, the hearing aids not being inserted into the ear correctly or a poorly fitting hearing aid. This has been an issue with hearing aids in the past, but with the technology available now, this no longer needs to be a problem and is usually easily solved. Wax removal is offered as part of your aftercare with hearing aids from The Hearing Care Partnership. Read our article on hearing aid troubleshooting to get the most out of your devices.