I’ve been diagnosed with moderate hearing loss. I recently tried the Sony CRE-C10 hearing aid and like it a lot, but figured I would get a better fit with a prescription hearing aid. The CRE-C10 is quite small and does not have bluetooth, which I don’t particularly want. However it is possible to do rudimentary adjustments on it (like volume adjustment and program changes) using inaudible sounds generated by an app on my smartphone.
I consulted an audiologist and told him that I was interested in the most discreet hearing aid I could get and that I was not interested in bluetooth. He tried to sell me on a slightly larger CIC with bluetooth and a somewhat noticeable antenna. He said that the IIC version without bluetooth is incapable of any adjustment at all using an app.
I’m wondering if there are other hearing aid lines other than the ones he sells that might have this capability. I’m looking for a good prescription IIC hearing aid that allows the user to, at minimum, adjust volume and select programs using some mechanism other than bluetooth.
Thank you.