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In every­day life, hear­ing aids are any device devices that ampli­fy sound and feed it into the audi­to­ry canal. How­ev­er, from a med­ical point of view, this is a big mis­con­cep­tion. There are sound ampli­fiers (the cheap­est devices) that peo­ple often choose on their own. They do not require cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, even­ly increase the vol­ume of all sounds and are equipped with only a vol­ume con­trol.

For chil­dren, only hear­ing aids are suit­able for hear­ing cor­rec­tion, hear­ing ampli­fiers are con­traindi­cat­ed (their use in chil­dren under 14 is pro­hib­it­ed). In addi­tion, in-the-canal and in-the-ear hear­ing aids are not rec­om­mend­ed for chil­dren under 12 years of age. Behind-the-ear prod­ucts are con­sid­ered the most opti­mal devices for chil­dren from an ear­ly age. Which of the man­u­fac­tur­ers pro­duce prod­ucts that can be used in child­hood?

Top 7 hearing aid manufacturers

In Rus­sia, the fol­low­ing man­u­fac­tur­ers of hear­ing aids for chil­dren are best known:

• PHONAK is a Swiss man­u­fac­tur­er of hear­ing care prod­ucts, one of the old­est and most well-known in the indus­try, with offices in more than 100 coun­tries around the world.
• WIDEX is a Dan­ish man­u­fac­tur­er that has been devel­op­ing hear­ing aids since 1956. They pro­duce prod­ucts for peo­ple of all ages, includ­ing chil­dren.
• Auri­ca is a com­pa­ny oper­at­ing on the mar­ket since 2007. It pro­duces bud­get hear­ing aids of dif­fer­ent class­es for adults and chil­dren.
• Siemens is a home appli­ance man­u­fac­tur­er that also man­u­fac­tures med­ical prod­ucts, includ­ing hear­ing aids for adults and chil­dren. Since 2003, all devices of this com­pa­ny have been dig­i­tal only.
• Uni­tron is a man­u­fac­tur­er of hear­ing aids under the brands Uni­tron or Sono­va. A well-known com­pa­ny spe­cial­iz­ing in the pro­duc­tion of prod­ucts for hear­ing cor­rec­tion.
• ReSound is a man­u­fac­tur­er of pre­mi­um dig­i­tal hear­ing aids for chil­dren and adults.
• Sig­nia is a well-known man­u­fac­tur­er of hear­ing aids and mobile appli­ca­tions for hear­ing-impaired adults and chil­dren of the pre­mi­um series.

We empha­size one impor­tant point: hear­ing aids run on bat­ter­ies — they have spe­cif­ic bat­ter­ies that are not com­pat­i­ble with oth­er devices. For behind-the-ear mod­els of hear­ing aids, type 13 zinc-air bat­ter­ies are used. They require reg­u­lar replace­ment in accor­dance with the instruc­tions for the device. Ordi­nary house­hold hear­ing aid bat­ter­ies are not applic­a­ble.

1. Phonak Baseo Q5 hearing aid range

Hear­ing aids of this line belongs to a series of dig­i­tal pro­gram­ma­ble devices. This is a behind-the-ear mod­el for chil­dren with indi­vid­ual set­tings. Mod­i­fi­ca­tions have dif­fer­ent pow­er options, addi­tion­al­ly indi­cat­ed in Latin let­ters — M, P, SP. These indi­ca­tors depend on the indi­vid­ual audi­o­log­i­cal indi­ca­tors of the child’s hear­ing.

Characteristics:

Pros and cons

2. Widex DREAM D30-FA hearing aid line

Mod­ern behind-the-ear hear­ing aids in this series are medi­um or very pow­er­ful mod­els. They have been pro­duced since 2013 and have proven them­selves in work. There is the pos­si­bil­i­ty of indi­vid­ual selec­tion of the class of the device and even its appear­ance. Prod­ucts are cre­at­ed on the basis of a spe­cial microchip “True ISP”. The device is avail­able in two ver­sions: to com­pen­sate for mod­er­ate and deep hear­ing loss. Select­ed with the help of an audi­ol­o­gist.

Characteristics:

Pros and cons

3. Aurica Classica M18 line of hearing aids

These are one of the most afford­able hear­ing aids for old­er chil­dren. They have a small behind-the-ear body and are equipped with an induc­tive coil with two addi­tion­al reg­u­la­tors. The max­i­mum sound pres­sure can be adjust­ed to pro­tect the ear from sounds that are too loud, and there is also the option of sep­a­rate­ly adjust­ing the bass. Suit­able for mild to mod­er­ate hear­ing loss.

Characteristics:

Pros and cons

On a note

Secrets of choos­ing a hear­ing aid for a child

4. Line of hearing aids Siemens STF P T1

This device has a stan­dard behind-the-ear hous­ing, help­ing to com­pen­sate for hear­ing loss in chil­dren in a wide range of sever­i­ty — from mild to severe. The mod­el belongs to the basic seg­ment, has all the nec­es­sary func­tions for full use. Although the mod­el is made using ana­log tech­nol­o­gy, it can effec­tive­ly sup­press noise, has feed­back sup­pres­sion, the micro­phone is omni­di­rec­tion­al, and the vol­ume can be adjust­ed.

Characteristics:

Pros and cons

5. Line of hearing aids Unitron Shine Rev 2 HPm

This prod­uct belongs to the most inex­pen­sive dig­i­tal prod­ucts. The device is made on the Era plat­form, it can be used for chil­dren with vary­ing degrees of hear­ing loss — from mild to severe hear­ing loss. It belongs to the basic class of devices, the body is mois­ture resis­tant, it has only two sound pro­cess­ing chan­nels. In addi­tion to the stan­dard noise sup­pres­sion, it has a wind­proof func­tion that helps to ampli­fy speech with­out dis­tor­tion.

Characteristics:

Pros and cons

6. ReSound LiNX2 5‑DW hearing aid range

This is a series of dig­i­tal BTE hear­ing aids of the mid­dle class, with wide func­tion­al­i­ty in terms of tech­ni­cal capa­bil­i­ties and com­mu­ni­ca­tion with Apple series dig­i­tal devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod touch), the abil­i­ty to con­trol using an appli­ca­tion from smart­phones when installing the ReSound Smart appli­ca­tion (in Russ­ian). This fea­ture is con­ve­nient for adults, but not very use­ful for chil­dren. Suit­able for chil­dren who are not often in very noisy envi­ron­ments. The hear­ing aid is pro­duced in three ver­sions, select­ed accord­ing to the sever­i­ty of hear­ing loss.

Characteristics:

Pros and cons

7. Line of hearing aids Signia Motion 3Px

This line of dig­i­tal behind-the-ear hear­ing aids is based on the Pri­max plat­form. The mod­el appeared only four years ago, but it is of high qual­i­ty, it allows you to clear­ly hear speech and all the sounds around. Avail­able in four dif­fer­ent mod­els, select­ed accord­ing to the lev­el of hear­ing loss.

Characteristics:

Pros and cons

How to choose a hearing aid for a child

Vera Shinkarenko, otorhi­no­laryn­gol­o­gist, audi­ol­o­gist at JSC “Med­i­c­i­na” (clin­ic of Aca­d­e­mi­cian Roit­berg), mem­ber of ISA (Inter­na­tion­al Soci­ety of Audi­ol­o­gy) told We about the intri­ca­cies of choos­ing hear­ing aids for chil­dren.

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