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Hi, my name is Tom Higgins. The newest hearing aids are what we call on-the-ear instruments,
and they give you a more open fit, and they are also very cosmetic appealing. You hardly
know you have them on. One of the things that make them work better, is that the open dome
that goes in your ear keeps your ear from feeling occluded, which gives you a much more
natural sound. They also can be equipped with more than one program. So you can have a program
for TV, one for normal listening, one for telephone, one for direction. This is our
on-the-ear instrument with the receiver in the ear, microphone here, directional microphone
back here. Here, we have our volume control and program control. These instruments are
also available in a wide variety of colors. They still have a battery source, and the
receiver is actually in your ear. So you put your receiver in your ear, and you have a
very comfortable instrument that is very programmable and very versatile. Another nice feature of
the or option with the OTE (and some other hearing aids) is what we call blue tooth compatibility,
which gives you the ability to listen to your cell phone iPod through your hearing instrument.