Those "goiing viral" German hearing aids (Page 3): What brand or model did you get?? I’m waiting for insurance to pay for my next pair next spring.

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Sep 19, 2019 17:12:56 #

Bmarsh Loc: Bellaire, MI

llamb wrote:

I went to Costco this morning and ordered a pair of hearing aids and a ultrasonic dryer. The exam and all the hardware was around $1,540. I tried a demo pair and was amazed at the comfort and clarity. The technician who tested/examined me was professional and never pressured me in any way. I wasted a lot of money on cheap mail order ones. All were noisy and had a lot of noise. The hearing aids will be in in one week.
~Lee

What brand or model did you get?? I’m waiting for insurance to pay for my next pair next spring.

Sep 20, 2019 00:03:56 #

cucharared Loc: Texas, Colorado

I've worn aids since around '90. I think I'm on my 4th or 5th pair. Each time the technology is much better. The last (current) set are Oticon OPNs and costs an arm and a leg but initially did wonders for my understanding of speech. They are the first aids I've had that go in first thing in the morning and are taken out the last thing at night. They're that good. Think I've had them 4 years now and my brain is doing the same thing that always happens with a new set. Basically, the new sounds that make speech intelligible are foreign to the brain and over time the brain begins to filter them out, just like background noises for a normal-hearing person. Once that happens the wonderful understanding that you experienced with a new set of aids begins to diminish and that isolation starts creeping back into your life. Having already given up an arm and a leg for these I'm not sure what I can saw off for the next pair of revolutionary aids.

Still, without them I'm in a sound vacuum.

ron

Sep 20, 2019 00:27:28 #