During this study each participant will be asked to complete three randomized conditions of the HINT testing: unaided, aided with RIC, and aided with BTE. The investigators will be assessing their speech intelligibility in noise in each condition, during the same appointment to determine the SNR-50 (the Signal-to-Noise ratio necessary for a participant to recognize the speech material correctly 50 percent of the time).
Participants will wear two sets of Unitron released hearing aids (RIC and BTE) programmed based on a prescriptive approach and will perform a standardized speech discrimination test in noise in both aided conditions as well as in unaided condition.