Hearing Aids - Need Advice

[jyl]

Update. Got my dad a Siemens / Signa hearing aid, for <$100. He likes it! So much that he's going to make an appointment with his doctor for an audiologist referral. So that's really good news for us and I want to thank everyone for your help.

[gtc]

Good to hear.

Do any of the bluetooth ones now have mics in them? My girlfriend's mom will be talking on speaker, then set her phone down and walk away from it... so she can still hear us, but we can't hear her.

[peppy]

Glad he to hear he likes it. Less than $100 is great. The last set we did for our son was over $15K, but that included a Roger pen that can link to tablets and TVs.

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by jyl

Update. Got my dad a Siemens / Signa hearing aid, for <$100. He likes it! So much that he's going to make an appointment with his doctor for an audiologist referral. So that's really good news for us and I want to thank everyone for your help.

Hearing for $100 is pretty awesome. Id pay $10,000 to get my hearing back.

[Rusty Heap]

I did some searching and couldn't find anything current posted in forum.



At 56 my hearing is like most, A few too many Rock Concerts and Chainsaw noise has dampened my hearing.


Costco or Other places have various aids.


I'm sure it's def "you get what you pay for"


But say I don't want the latest with Blue Tooth and App control.

What's a good middle class solution?

[Crowbob]

The technology is changing very rapidly. What you should do is get a formal audiological evaluation to see exactly how impaired you are. Then determine what your goals are. The features and costs are wide open.

An audiologist should be able to point you in the right direction.

[dennis in se pa]

I have been using MDHearing.com aids for years and like them. They have a setting for 500, 1000, and 1500 mghz. Experiment til you find the right setting.

[stealthn]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

I THINK YOU NEED TO TAlk to an audiologist and have him tested and matched to the right hearing aids. It depends what sort of and which pitch his hearing loss is at. Sorry it's more complicated than just making it louder. And if it's not right he will give them up in frustration.

This, as my father aged his hearing got really bad (as did his vision), then he got dementia, so he lost many pairs of hearing aids. Luckily he was a vet so some of it was covered by that and the Gov.

They never really worked that well as to the type of hearing loss he had

[Rikao4]

make SURE they are phone compatible...
otherwise its zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt..
flipside.. not all phones are hearing aid compatible..

[peppy]

Not great timing, but in 12 years its the first one destroyed. My sisters dog pulled it off his ear and ate it. She did tell me she wouldn't send us a vet bill.

[Rikao4]

ha..I've got a cup full of those bit's..
the plastic used in making aid's..
is much like..Nyla bones for dogs....

Rika

[peppy]

Phonak is covering this under their 3 year warranty. We have to pay a deductible, but not the $1700 for the hearing aid and the $1800 for the FM receiver. I know what brand we will by when we replace this pair.

[Rikao4]

good for them..
the VA is good for one replace every 3 yr..
tough luck on you..
should your hound dine often..

Rika

[dennis in se pa]

MDhearingaids com love em. Had em for years. Cheap. Free trial.

[fintstone]

Originally Posted by peppy

Phonak is covering this under their 3 year warranty. We have to pay a deductible, but not the $1700 for the hearing aid and the $1800 for the FM receiver. I know what brand we will by when we replace this pair.

Tine to upgrade "while you are in there"...that is an antique (classic?).