{"id":10738,"date":"2024-04-27T14:35:48","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T14:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=10738"},"modified":"2024-04-27T14:35:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T14:35:48","slug":"ceretone-core-one-otc-hearing-aids-review-tiny-and-barely-useful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=10738","title":{"rendered":"Ceretone Core One OTC Hearing Aids Review: Tiny and Barely Useful"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Indiegogo-backed Ceretone is<\/span> yet another hearing aid company aimed at people looking for a low-cost, low-complexity way to give their hearing a boost. At $349 for a pair\u2014or $229 for a single ear\u2019s aid\u2014the tiny hearing aids are designed to have only a modest impact on hearing<\/a>. Fortunately, they also make an equally modest impact on the wallet.<\/p>\n

The first thing you\u2019ll notice about the Core One is how small the hearing aids are. I weighed them at 0.96 grams each (with a small ear tip), which makes them perhaps the smallest aids I\u2019ve tested to date<\/a>\u2014just a hair lighter than the Sony CRE-C10<\/a>. The glossy white aids slip entirely into the ear canal, with only the recovery thread sticking out a few millimeters for retrieval. Unless you closely examine your ears, they are functionally invisible.<\/p>\n

Out of the ear, they\u2019re not so unobtrusive. Color-coded, cone-shaped ear tips (one blue, one red) provide a somewhat garish indication of which aid goes where. Only six ear tips, a pair of each in three sizes, are included in the box\u2014although Ceretone also sent some clear tips on the side which I found a bit more comfortable. All of Ceretone\u2019s ear tips are considered \u201cclosed\u201d domes, which created a moderately distorted, echolike effect in my testing. At the very least, a broader selection of ear tips, including open domes that are more appropriate for users with mild hearing loss, would help to improve audio fidelity.<\/p>\n

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