Then they fail to meet the definition of OTC.
I’m in Florida. Florida has a law that if your hearing differs by 30dB between ears then you must be referred for an MRI. That’s how I found out I had a brain tumor. (You’d think my GP would have referred me after I completely lost my balance and had to learn to walk using my eyes for balance. But, noooooo. He sent me for balance therapy. )
The medical doctor had a subcontractor who performed the hearing test and they tried to sell me a set of hearing aids at three grand each. I got the very same ones, programmed the same way from Costco for $1500 total.
eally glad to get this advice.
From the same experts that gave us advice on the wu-flu clot shots (and still are pushing them).
I have a Bone Anchored Hearing Aide. You can’t just stick it in your ear, you have to have a post drilled into your skull.
For the first time since I was a child, I heard real stero!
I’ve bought at least five or six, because my insurance doesn’t cover hearing aids. None of them worked.
If you have real hearing loss, you need a good audiologist and hearing aids that can do more than amplify.
For years I was told there was no point in hearing aids because I have a loss of discrimination. Making things louder doesn’t help. A few years ago an ENT said technology had progressed to where it would help me. He also said the audiologist at Sam’s could do just as much as anywhere & cost me a lot less (true). Mine have 96 individual frequencies that can each be adjusted independently for the areas that have the greatest loss.
My next pair will have bluetooth which will measurably improve my ability to use my cell phone. My audiologist who has worse hearing loss than I uses those and says they are nice. His hearing aids adjust 126 individual frequencies.
After 5 years I can say that buying a retail hearing aid that amplifies is of little value to most people with hearing loss. Just make sure you explore the supplier options. Sams or Costco will cost a LOT less than most others and they have all the equipment for proper testing.
Eh?
Bkmk
I was diagnosed with hearing loss last year, and got a pair of hearing aids from the Audiology department at the medical group I use. My health insurance as a retiree of New York State paid the full $2000 for them. I figured I’d better get them while the State was still covering them. Medicare won’t pay for them. I had to pay $200 for the charger. Once a week, overnight, I have to put the hearing aids in a container with a disc that dehumidifies them. One disc lasts 2 months. They gave me the initial pack of discs for free. I have to pay $22 for a new kit of six when I need them. The kit I buy from them is actually cheaper than the same ones offered on Amazon.
Hearing aids are a huge rip off...They want $7000.00+ for something to simply amplify sound? lol...
And then they engineer them so the old folks easily break them, over and over.
Those people pushing this crap are predators looking for suckers among the elderly.
being hard of hearing has a huge upside.
Naturally the wife gets upset when I say that.
Sounds to me,
Like somebody is losing business,
And doesn’t like it.
The gravy train is ending for some. If you take the online hearing test you will be just fine with OTC hearing aids coupled to your phone control.
I heard that hearing problems causes aids
...land we all need multi thousand dollar eye exams and prescription reading glasses rather than a $5 set from wallgreens. We just aren’t qualified to make our own decisions. We need “experts.”
Yeh, the risk is that they won’t get to collect $4,000 from you for a hearing test. My 97 year old mom got pretty deaf to the point it was a chore talking to her. I ordered a pair of Auiden hearing aids for $80, charged them up and tuned them in to her comfort level and she could hear fine. They work great with 3 volume levels to choose from.