Behind the Ear
Fitting Styles: RIC
Warranty: 5 Years
Charger: Charger is included
In April 2024, Widex introduced the SmartRIC hearing aid range featuring a new slim L-shaped Receiver in Canal (RIC) design. Because the Widex SmartRIC 220 hearing aids are the standard technology level, they will miss out on some of the features this range has to offer.
For example, it has 10 adjustment bands with 4 background sound analysis settings. However, it does not provide a premium level of speech enhancement. The SmartRIC 220 hearing aids are ideal for those who live a quiet lifestyle, often have one-on-one conversations, spend a lot of time at home, and have mild to severe hearing loss.
Powered by the Moment platform chip, Widex SmartRIC 220 hearing aids feature strategically positioned microphones that enhance directionality and focus, particularly in speech recognition. This advancement ensures authentic sound reproduction, granting clear access to desired voices while optimising focus where it matters most.
The redesigned shape positions microphones horizontally, enhancing directionality and signal-to-noise ratio, especially in challenging environments. This configuration improves hearing effectiveness in social settings by reducing background noise interference. Widex SmartRIC 220 hearing aids also feature updated microphone covers, reducing wind noise by 20 decibels and handling noise by 88%, ensuring more comfortable hearing.
Widex SmartRIC 220 hearing aids are rechargeable, offering an impressive 37-hour battery life and up to 7 days of charge with the portable charger. They feature a sleek design, enclosed battery, and galvanic charging for added convenience.
Compatible accessories include Widex TV PLAY for direct TV audio streaming, SOUND ASSIST for remote control and audio streaming, SOUNDCONNECT for high-quality audio streaming from personal computers, and the MOMENT APP for personalised sound adjustments and helpful tips.
Available in five stylish colours—tech black, dark cherry, honey blonde, silver grey, and rose gold—Widex SmartRIC 220 hearing aids offer both functionality and aesthetic appeal.
Call us free on 0800 567 7621 for more information about this hearing aid range. Alternatively, you can watch the Widex SmartRIC hearing aid video, view prices, and read the platform brochure below, or visit the range page here
Please note, that there will be an additional surcharge of £125 if we are pairing a single hearing aid with an existing aid bought from another company where we are taking over the aftercare responsibilities and looking after both hearing aids.
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Paul Harrison is an audiology expert at Hearing Aid UK, with over 20 years of audiology experience and a member of the British Society of Hearing Aid Audiologists Council (BSHAA) between 2015 - 2020.
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In general, any audiologist will always be recommending to you the model that best suits your needs. Here is a useful checklist to make sure that is the case.
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If you have significant hearing loss in both ears, you should be wearing two hearing aids. Here are the audiological reasons why:
Localisation: The brain decodes information from both ears and compares and contrasts them. By analysing the minuscule time delays as well as the difference in the loudness of each sound reaching the ears, the person is able to accurately locate a sound source. Simply put, if you have better hearing on one side than the other, you can't accurately tell what direction sounds are coming from.
Less amplification is required: A phenomenon known as “binaural summation” means that the hearing aids can be set at a lower and more natural volume setting than if you wore only one hearing aid.
Head shadow effect: High frequencies, the part of your hearing that gives clarity and meaning to speech sounds, cannot bend around your head. Only low frequencies can. Therefore if someone is talking on your unaided side you are likely to hear that they are speaking, but be unable to tell what they have said.
Noise reduction: The brain has its own built-in noise reduction which is only really effective when it is receiving information from both ears. If only one ear is aided, even with the best hearing aid in the world, it will be difficult for you to hear in background noise as your brain is trying to retain all of the sounds (including background noise) rather than filtering it out.
Sound quality: We are designed to hear in stereo. Only hearing from one side sounds a lot less natural to us.
Fancy some further reading on this topic? You can read about why two hearing aids are better than one in our article, hearing aids for both ears, here
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