As with earmolds, the choice of hearing aids for older children should be appropriate for the 5-year age range over which they will be used. Once adolescents or teenagers reach the age when they and their peers are routinely given responsibility for devices such as cellular phones and automobiles, they are then likely to be responsible for smaller ear-level aids or custom in-the-ear or in-the-canal devices, if their hearing losses and listening needs permit (and if RM is not needed).