Starkey Signature Series
Starkey's discreet custom line, including what they claim is the world's smallest custom rechargeable hearing aid. Choose it when being unseen matters more than being connected. Custom fit at no extra charge.
Nothing in this range has Bluetooth.
Signature Series is a non-wireless line, and that applies to every device in it. You are buying invisibility, and paying for it in connectivity. We would rather you knew that on this page than at the fitting.
No streaming or app
No Bluetooth, no phone streaming, no television streaming, no My Starkey app, no remote adjustments. Your audiologist programmes it in the clinic.
No health features
No fall detection, no activity tracking, no balance assessment. Those all depend on the phone link, and there is not one.
No telecoil
It will not pick up hearing loops in theatres, churches or ticket offices.
If you want to stream calls, watch television through your hearing aids, use an app or have fall detection, we will steer you to a custom Omega AI or Edge AI instead. They are in-the-ear too, just not quite as small.
Which Signature suits you?
Each comes in up to three technology tiers. The higher the tier, the better it copes with noise and the more finely we can tune it. The invisible one is made at the top tier only, so if the budget will not stretch, the completely-in-canal is the alternative, and it is very nearly as discreet.
Completely-in-canal and rechargeable. Starkey call it the world's first custom rechargeable. No fiddly size 10 batteries, which matters if dexterity or eyesight is a problem.
- Rechargeable, around 38 hours
- Waterproof to a metre
- Mild through to severe loss
Completely-in-canal on a size 10 disposable battery, around six days a battery. Available at all three tiers, so this is where the more affordable options sit.
- Size 10 disposable battery
- All three tiers
- Very nearly as discreet as the IIC
The most discreet thing Starkey make. Mild to moderate loss only, and only at the top tier. There is no cheaper IIC.
- Size 10 battery, up to seven days
- Top tier only
- Mild to moderate loss
The right person for this range.
- Still working and self-conscious about hearing aids
- Do not use a smartphone much
- Would rather have one less thing to charge and pair
- Want a discreet custom aid with no battery to change: the CIC R
- Calls and TV in your ears
- App control or remote adjustments
- Fall detection for someone living alone
- We will point you at a custom Omega AI or Edge AI
Frequently asked questions.
Starkey describe the CIC R as the world's smallest custom rechargeable hearing aid, and it is remarkable that a rechargeable cell fits in a custom in-canal shell at all. Whether it fits your ear is a question of your canal size, which we check at your appointment.
Physics. At this size there is no room for the aerial and the power a Bluetooth radio needs. Signature Series exists for people who want to be unseen. If streaming matters more, we would point you at a different style.
CIC R is the rechargeable one. CIC takes a disposable battery and sits just inside the canal. IIC sits deeper and is the most discreet of the three, but it is the fiddliest to handle and suits the fewest ears.
No. The ear impression and the made-to-measure shell are included. You pay for the technology level only.
Why choose The Hearing Team?
We are not tied to Starkey or any single manufacturer, so you always get honest advice about what is genuinely right for you.
Custom hearing aids are made from an impression of your own ear. We confirm the fit suits your hearing loss first, and there is nothing extra to pay for it.
Experienced clinicians fit and fine-tune every hearing aid, in clinic or at home.
Appointments that fit around your work and family. We work around you.
Not right for you? Full refund, no obligation, plus up to 4 years manufacturer warranty.
A yearly hearing test and a full check of your hearing aids, included for as long as you own them.