hearing aids

A cochlear implant is a small, complex electronic device that can help provide a sense of sound to a person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard-of-hearing. The implant consists of an external portion that sits behind the ear and a second portion that is surgically placed under the skin. An implant has a microphone, which picks up sound from the environment. Then a speech processor selects and arranges the sounds picked up by the microphone. A transmitter and receiver/stimulator receive the signal from the speech processor and convert it into electric impulses. An electrode array, which is a group of electrodes, collects the impulses from the stimulator and sends them to different regions of the auditory nerve. An implant does not restore normal hearing. Instead, it can give a deaf person a useful representation of sounds in the environment and help him or her understand speech.

With profound expertise and years of experience, Sky Speech & Hearing care offers a varied range of hearing aids that suits every individual. Many people consider hearing aids their best option for correcting hearing loss and leading a better life. Hearing aids today are tiny technological marvels with many options to suit the patient’s level of hearing loss, need and cost factor. Types of hearing aids include Invisible hearing aids (IC), Completely-In-The-Canal (CIC), In-The-Canal (ITC), Receiver-in-the-canal (RIC) and Behind-The-Ear (BTE) models.