There are lots of different types of hearing aid. The right kind for you will partly depend on your hearing loss, but there are other things to think about, too. It’s a personal choice and one must make a better hearing his/her priority. 

A behind the ear (BTE) aid:  has two parts: the main part goes behind your ear. This is connected by a thin, clear tube to an ear fitting that sits inside your ear canal. Some ear fittings are made individually from ear impressions but many people now use small ear tips not made individually but which fit very comfortably.

A receiver in the canal (RIC) aid:  is like a BTE aid but smaller. An almost invisible wire connects the hearing aid to a receiver (tiny loudspeaker) fitted within the ear fitting sitting in your ear canal. 

An in the ear/canal (ITE/ITC) aid:  sits completely within your outer ear (ITE) or just inside your ear canal (ITC). 

A completely in the canal (CIC) or invisible in the canal (IIC) aid:  goes deeper into the ear canal, making it nearly or wholly invisible. This is the most discreet kind of hearing aid but such tiny hearing aids may have hearing limitations for you.