Category: HA-1 Coupler

RIC Hearing Aid Coupler Measurements

Wayne Staab Leave a comment ANSI / Behind-the-Ear / CIC / CIC / CIC Coupler / Closed Coupled / Coupler / Deep Fit / Frye Electronics / HA-1 Coupler / HA-1 Coupler / HA-2 Coupler / MZ1 Coupler / Occluded Ear Simulator / Real-Ear / RECD / Residual Volume / RIC / Tympanic membrane / Zwislocki Coupler

Note: My blog for last week was a repeat of a previous blog and I hope that those of you who missed it initially were able to read it this time.  I was in the Eastern Mediterranean visiting ancient ruins in Istanbul, Pergamum, and Ephesus in Turkey, and Rhodes, Aghios Nikolaos, and Athens, in Greece,…

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When RITE may be WRONG and RIC may be RIGHT

Wayne Staab 2 Comments Audiology / Coupler / Ear Canal / Frye Electronics / HA-1 2cc SB-1 / HA-1 Coupler / HA-1 Coupler / Hearing Aid Couplers / In-the-Canal / REAR / RIA / RIC / RITE / Speaker Link

Measurements: RIC, RITE, and Thin Tube BTE (RIA) Hearing Aids RIC (receiver-in-the-canal, or what some call RITE: receiver in the ear) hearing aids are major products in a dispenser’s hearing aid sales.  This article will use the term RIC because it is thought to be a more accurate description when properly fitted, and some of…

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