Fifty two percent of current hearing aid owners cite that visibility is one area that they desire as improvement in current hearing aid designs (Kochkin, 2000). This is delivered in the design of Beltone Marq. (To request a FREE Beltone Marq brochure please click here.) Beltone Marq is the smallest RIE hearing instrument on the market. In addition to being small, it only weighs 1.4 grams. And is shaped to rest naturally on the curve of the ear providing extraordinary comfort. The tube connecting the hearing instrument to the RIE is very thin making it almost invisible. It is offered in a range of colors that blend in with the wearer's skin tone and shade of hair.

Built-in Quality. Every part of Beltone Marq was carefully designed to function optimally in relation to how it's used. What's more, parts can be exchanged quickly and easily without breaking a thing - not even a fingernail.

The truly transparent sound. The Beltone Marq RIE is completely occlusion free. And with the Improved Adaptive AFC* (Active Feedback Cancellation) Beltone Marq allows for up to 4dB greater headroom before feedback - a higher stable gain than provided by most other open fitted hearing solutions.

Improved Speech Understanding. With Beltone's Improved Adaptive Directionality and advanced noise reduction system, wearers can understand speech more clearly in noisy environments. The 9 mm spacing between the microphones optimizes directivity in the high frequencies. The combination of our Curvilinear Rapid Digital Signal Processing, Multichannel MPO and Silencer, makes sure that users experience a clean, natural sound.

Selectable Beam Widths. Beltone Marq17 offers selectable beam widths allowing for greater speech intelligibility:

• Narrow beam width - noisy restaurant. This width is helpful for users that most often want to focus on an individual speaker, for example, in noisy environments. The beam will focus on the speaker facing the client.
• Medium beam width - sitting around a table. This width is good for situations where the user wants to focus on multiple speakers, such as around a table. The beam is expanded to include 3-4 people who are in front of the user.
• Wide beam width - quiet restaurant or home dinner. This is the default beam width and will include people who are in front and to the immediate sides of the user within a 180-degree beam width.

Instant Acceptance. Beltone Marq offers features that make the fitting process and exchange of parts smooth for everyone involved. It ensures instant customer acceptance.

Total comfort. Beltone Marq is small, light and extremely comfortable. It's even easy to use for clients who wear glasses. Try it on and experience the comfort first-hand.

To learn more about Beltone Marq, you can visit manufacture's website http://www.beltone-marq.com or click here to request a FREE brochure.