About the Signia Silk primax
Silk™, a new ready-to-wear hearing aid from Signia (previously Siemens), was released on October 19, 2016 at the 61st International Congress of Hearing Care Professionals EUHA in Hannover, Germany.
Silk™ is unique in that it offers a comfortable in-the-canal hearing aid solution for consumers wishing to avoid the traditional custom-fitting process. The custom-fitting process typically involves having an ear impression taken (at the hearing provider's office) so that a hand-made (or 3D-printed) hearing aid shell can be fabricated (with the hearing aid electronics and componentry installed inside the shell). Impressions are (physically or digitally) sent off to the hearing aid manufacturer and then the patient and hearing provider must wait a period of days to weeks to schedule a follow-up appointment for the hearing aid fitting.
Silk™ avoids the custom-fitting process entirely by employing soft-silicone "click-sleeves," which mold to the contours of the customer's earcanals. This allows the customer to take the hearing aids home to evaluate them immediately.
Here's what Signia has to say: "Silk™ hearing aids are packed full of advanced features that deliver outstanding sound quality. Its revolutionary binaural OneMic directionality boosts your ear’s natural focus on specific sounds from the front while filtering out annoying noises from behind. And thanks to its wireless connectivity, you can stream audio directly into your ears and enjoy the convenience of a wide range of accessories, such as remote controls." More from Signia:
Packed with advanced features, tiny Silk™ primax™ CICs are nearly invisible in the ear. Their binauaral OneMic directionality is a world’s first. With their flexible, fast-fitting Click Sleeves, the new Silk models are ideal for first-time wearers looking for a discreet solution and no fuss. Three different sleeve sizes, suitable for any ear, mean your patients can walk in, try on Silk, and walk out the door with their new hearing aids without having to wait for a custom-built device.