Need hearing aid advice.

[orezok]

My wife is a retired Navy Captain so we get the majority of our health care at the Naval Hospital. Recently she had a hearing issue and we got a consult to the hospital audiologist. I wear custom hearing aids that cost over $4,000 at an outside audiologist.

I found out that my cost at the hospital for the exact same aids would be $900.

Talk about a markup scam.

 

[workinonit]

I have Phonaks and absolutely love them. Best aids I've ever had. I have very significant loss with completely different Hz loss in each ear. These hearing aids make hearing like I could 30 years ago. I can't use the rechargables so the biggest con for me is battery life. These things eat batteries when using them for TV watching on Bluetooth. Aside from that, no cons.

 

[RSKY]

Got my Wydex Hearing Aids last night. I did exactly what I swore I would not do. Got them at the first place I went to.

Guy was an excellent salesman. He didn't go into a sales pitch, he simply showed me what the aids could do and set up a test set with his computer equipment. I started complaining about them having a clicking noise in them and he started laughing. It was the fan on the computer sitting under his desk. The adjustments I can make on my I-phone are what finally sold me. My wife is tickled pink with them, we watched TV last night with the volume turned down to a comfortable setting and not blaring loud enough that the neighbors can hear it.

RSKY

 

[workinonit]

They are amazing. The tech has gotten 10 fold better in the last 10 years. I do the same things, hear something that I don't know what it is only to find out it is some everyday noise that I haven't heard in 30 years.

 

[domin]

I have Phonaks and absolutely love them. Best aids I've ever had. I have very significant loss with completely different Hz loss in each ear. These hearing aids make hearing like I could 30 years ago. I can't use the rechargables so the biggest con for me is battery life. These things eat batteries when using them for TV watching on Bluetooth. Aside from that, no cons

What Phonak model do you have? My audiologist ran some tests these days and advised me to check a hearing aid store. I think it’s finally time to take that step, but I’m still trying to figure out which model would suit me best. There seem to be so many options with different features, so any personal experience or advice would be really helpful. I just want to make sure I pick something that fits both my lifestyle and my budget.

 

[lman]

Got my Wydex Hearing Aids last night. I did exactly what I swore I would not do. Got them at the first place I went to.

Guy was an excellent salesman. He didn't go into a sales pitch, he simply showed me what the aids could do and set up a test set with his computer equipment. I started complaining about them having a clicking noise in them and he started laughing. It was the fan on the computer sitting under his desk. The adjustments I can make on my I-phone are what finally sold me. My wife is tickled pink with them, we watched TV last night with the volume turned down to a comfortable setting and not blaring loud enough that the neighbors can hear it.

RSKY

How much were they?

 

[workinonit]

What Phonak model do you have?

I believe mine are the P90s. Could be P70, I just don't remember. They are about 5 years old now. It's about time to get a new set. In the interim I did get a set of Phillips from Costco. They are good for a spare set but they are far from the quality the Phonaks are. Not even close. Besides that the Phillips bluetooth is really cumbersome.

A friend of mine just got a set of the Signa 3 PX. They are very comparable to Phonaks.

 

[Xfaxman]

I have Phonak Rechargeable behind the ear hearing aids. They are amazing.
The left one is Cros I R, the right is Audeo I90-R

 

[dicktill]

I have Phonak Rechargeable behind the ear hearing aids. They are amazing.
The left one is Cros I R, the right is Audeo I90-R

How are the controls? One button or two?

 

[Xfaxman]

A rocker switch, but I control them from the app on my phone.