My Dad just got ripped off at Miracle Ear.
When you go in they will tell you if you don’t like it, you can juar return it.
What they don’t tell you about is the 20% restocking fee.
Be aware.
I bought costco. Good service and less than others by 2-300
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Health innovations through United Healthcare Choice Plus has them for under $800 each; ear molds & shipping is out-of-pocket.
Better than the $1000 a pop ones.
Why do hearing aids cost so much, don’t really work according to a lot of users, get obsolete quickly, fail often, require constant battery replacement and are sold by so many manufacturers? How is we have incredible smart phone technology and no one has figured out to make a quality, low cost hearing aid?
judging by the amount of mail i get for these the profit margins must be incredible
I have the same hearing aids from the VA. Do you disconnect the batteries when you aren’t wearing them, the power never shuts off unless you do? I started doing this and doubled the battery life.
If you aren’t sure you need them and can get free ones from the VA, not sure I would spend money on anything else.
bmk I need programable ones since my loss is multifrequency. Had some old analog ones and hated them
Any thoughts. I could really live without them since closed captioning is close enough to understand and my wife has a low range voice that I seldom miss!
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I’m 75 years old and have significant hearing loss. BUT, I am able to hear some people without much of a problem, while others, including my wife, have voice tone and/or volume levels such that I simply cannot hear then. Whenever I am hassled by those I cannot hear, I always say to them: Look, hearing aids can cost several thousand dollars. How much does it cost you to speak up? They usually just laugh at that and raise their voices so I can hear them. Problem solved.
I have VA hearing aids. They were ok, but were programmed to each other. Increase the volume on 1 increases the volume on the other. They eventually died on me.
I ended up buying from this place about 6 years ago (now a little pricey )
I bought the extended warranty and 1 went out. Sent it back and was replaced - no questions asked.
(this web site has a lot of general info about hearing aids.)
https://www.mdhearingaid.com
There are better hearing aids and cheaper for that kind of money.
I did a lot of research on hearing aids offered via amazon (they have a bazillion)
then I picked these up this october from amazon for 136 bucks for both.
Britzgo Digital Hearing Amplifier BHA-702D Pack of 2
where Britzgo is selling them for 1799 a piece.
The BRITZGOs do not have all the bells and whistles as the MDHearing, but the price is right and I can live with it.
good luck
Costco - save a bundle, top technology. I got Rexton and they are fantastic.
I inherited my dad’s 4 year old 8 channel Oticons and no matter what reprogramming they tried, and what receivers, they just didn’t work.
A top hearing clinic wanted $5,500 for their top of the line units.
I got the equivalent at Costco for $2,600. Bluetooth, smartphone controls, receive telephone calls in ears, music in ears, almost infinite settings.
Don’t believe the lies that the Costco staff are untrained and don’t know what they are doing. Costco ran more tests by far than my top-notch hearing clinic ever did - and the new hearing aids work fantastic. All kinds of settings, but “Automatic” works best - senses background noise & adjusts - has settings for multiple environments on your smartphone.
Great support, great staff. Like them much better (no pressure) than the staff at hearing clinic.
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Two years ago I went to HearUSA here in SoCal and bought a pair of last year’s Siemans for $1,700. Saved $1,000 by getting the previous model. HearUSA never charges for office visits or semiannual checkups, gives me free batteries, and I have a three-year warranty on the aids—both have been replaced for no cost. Don’t know if HearUSA is in your area but they’ve been great for me.