Hearing Aid advice

[txdon]

I saw the hearing aid place at Sam's also but the Costco HA seemed to be better quality at the time. Costco also had better reviews at that time. This was 2 years ago so an update is probably needed. Please do a comparison price between Beltone and Costco's most expensive.

 

[milkman]

When I was looking to get a new set of aids, the local hearing aid place wanted $5400 for a pair. A neighbor bought his at Costco so I started looking. They had a set made by Resound for $1795 so I looked on Sams Club website and didn't see the newer models with the receiver in the ear so I went with the Costco Signature 6.0, the $1795 ones. Just recently Costco has added the same type aids by Rexton for $1695. I was impressed with the service at Costco all the way from the service desk to the hearing aid department. I signed up for their Executive membership, $110 and their Costco Visa card and get back 2% on each, so the membership only cost about $38.

 

[txdon]

When I was looking to get a new set of aids, the local hearing aid place wanted $5400 for a pair. A neighbor bought his at Costco so I started looking. They had a set made by Resound for $1795 so I looked on Sams Club website and didn't see the newer models with the receiver in the ear so I went with the Costco Signature 6.0, the $1795 ones. Just recently Costco has added the same type aids by Rexton for $1695. I was impressed with the service at Costco all the way from the service desk to the hearing aid department. I signed up for their Executive membership, $110 and their Costco Visa card and get back 2% on each, so the membership only cost about $38.

And along with the Visa card 2% you will get back 2% from Costco for your yearly store purchases for executive membership. If on the first year only, your 2% does not reach $55 they will up it to $55.

Costco Trave also got me the lowest price on a Caribbean cruise and when I got to the stateroom there was a certificate for $50 for on board spending complements of Costco.

I have not used their rental car deals or purchased a vehicle through them.

 

[MF283]

I'm assuming you have to be a member at COSTCO to buy from them? The Beltone dealer is local, COSTCO would be over an hour drive from where i live.
Ronnie

 

[txdon]

My Costco is over an hour also. But I saved thousands and they were very good. Where ever you get them from they will be huge improvement. Just be sure to get the remote that you can adjust to different programs and volume and is also a bluetooth connection to your phone. That has made the world of difference from my first hearing aids I got years ago at Beltone (for a thousand $ more ten years ago) and returned after 29 days. You are paying a lot of money be sure you are satisfied during their trial period.

 

[milkman]

I'm assuming you have to be a member at COSTCO to buy from them? The Beltone dealer is local, COSTCO would be over an hour drive from where i live.
Ronnie

My Costco is an hour and a half away, but I could make that trip a lot of times for the $3600 that I saved and my aids have remote control app on my smartphone. Oh yea, the Costco Visa also gives back 4% on their gas purchase.

 

[jlgurr]

My Costco is an hour and a half away, but I could make that trip a lot of times for the $3600 that I saved and my aids have remote control app on my smartphone. Oh yea, the Costco Visa also gives back 4% on their gas purchase.

Ours is an hour and 10 minutes away. Worth every mile of it. My life has changed for the better so dramatically I cannot put it in words.

 

[jcummins]

Mine is over 2 hours away, and I'd do it again.

I've had for a year, and it's amazing how quite my world goes when I take the hearing aides out.

 

[txdon]

I've had for a year, and it's amazing how quite my world goes when I take the hearing aides out.

I really like how quite the car is with my hearing aids in when all the road noise is blocked out and I can hear voice clearly.

 

[milkman]

I really like how quite the car is with my hearing aids in when all the road noise is blocked out and I can hear voice clearly.

I've noticed the quiet car also and there is night and day difference in my new aids and my 7 or 8 year old ones. The old aids made it easier to understand people talking, but they also made a lot of background sounds louder too. With the new aids, I don't notice everything being louder, just that voice is so much clearer. Well worth the money.

 

[Jim Shooz]

Yesterday I signed up for a set of Resound Linx2 behind-the-ear speaker-in-the -ear hearing aids. This will replace the the set I have been using for the last 7 years. The old set have been cranked up in volume to the extent that in some circumstances they are producing a lot of feedback. Sound bouncing back from the driver's door window is a problem and taking a leek has noise bouncing from both walls and extreme loud whistling in both ears. (all the more reason to use the back porch)

One of the claimed advantages of this new set is the ability to control volume and tone from an app called GN Resound on my phone. Has anybody had any experience using this app ??

 

[milkman]

I use the GN Resound app on my Galaxy S5 and it works well, I like it. There are some not so good reviews, but the hearing aid guy set it up on my phone and all is good for me. Sounds like you got the Resound aids similar to mine, I think you'll like them, no more screeching in the left ear when driving. With my old aids, when the organist in church would hit certain notes, they would scream and I would sometime have to wave my hand by my ear to get them to stop.

 

[Jim Shooz]

Thanks for that. Does the app allow you to put the TV sound and the incoming voice from the telephone calls direct to the hearing aid ?? It seems to be one of the features of the iPhone but it seems to be a major complaint in the reviews on the Samsung.

We drive on the left side of the road so the driver sits on the right, passenger seat is on my left, and I don't have a wife so there is no problem of screeching in the left ear. Now the right is another story....:thumbsup:

 

[MF283]

UPDATE

I went to Beltone the other day for my test, seems i have a 16% hearing loss & we tried a behind the ear set with the tube in the ear. They were very comfortable & after a few minutes of tweaking i asked where the restroom was, yep, i went & flushed the commode, i heard my wife & him laughing down the hall & the racket from the commode. I could also hear them behind me when they left the room & spoke behind my back, then there was the little noises.
Yesterday at work, one of our soft spoken girls came up & asked me a question, i had to get within 2' of her to hear her repeat it twice, i can't wait til the Aids arrive.
I & the wife felt very comfortable with the Beltone visit so we went with it. I'm starting a new job the first of Nov. with John Deere, after managing a flyshop for 16 years. It's close to home & naturally more money:thumbsup:
I paid a little more than what ya'll have stated about Costco, they gave me a couple of discount's that really helped a lot. The place is 25 minutes from the house, on the route to my new job & he said we could work with the hours as far as tuneups & so on, which would be late in the day. While they are lenient at the new job, i don't want to take advantage right off the bat.
I thank everyone's response on this thread & can't wait to post another update once i start my journey into hearing again.
Oh yeh, i went outside to call the wife at lunch yesterday as i usually do, she asked where the chirping birds were, i looked everywhere & finally spotted them 10' away in a bush, couldn't hear them:mur:

Ronnie

 

[milkman]

Thanks for that. Does the app allow you to put the TV sound and the incoming voice from the telephone calls direct to the hearing aid ??

I don't know about the new Kirkland Signature series 7.0, but my Signature series 6.0 have that capability although it takes an additional pocket device that is almost $300. I didn't get that although I can add it at any time. The device is called ReSound Unite Phone Clip+. Looks like the BLU RCU is the device for the new Series 7.0 by Rexton.

MF283, let us know how you like your new world, for me, it's like watching TV and going from a single speaker to surround sound.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I bought a car using costco, they took off the shipping charge.

 

[milkman]

I bought a car using costco, they took off the shipping charge.

I'm interested in hearing more about a car through Costco, I will probably only need to buy one more car before I get too old to drive.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Go to the web site and input what you want, they put you intouch with a dealer.

 

[MF283]

I'm on my third week with the aids now, wear them at work everyday & typically out at home while doing things around the farm'
What a difference, i can talk through my phone with them & can hear things i haven't heard before. Some low talking folks or someone at a distance is still trying at times, we're still tweaking them though.
I 've been a little slow responding to folks at times, it takes a second to realize i actually heard what they said, then i respond, weird.
Seems like the batteries are good for a week, they gave me a good supply before i have to start buying them.
I'll update again in a few weeks.

Ronnie

 

[Jim Shooz]

I'm on my third week with my new set. off today for some fine tuning and to tie them into my cell phone. A couple of minor niggles, get a very low background ssssssss noise on the left when listening to a radio, battery a little inconsistent. one barely lasted 5 days but it could have been bad manufacture.