Hearing Aids

Lee Baucum · From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier

What's going on in this world? Almost all women and children mumble these days, barely audible. Birds don't chirp and sing like they used to...probably some form of evolution. Why can't the television folks put out a decent audio signal any more? And those damned crickets. All day and all night I hear crickets. My wife doesn't hear them at all. She must be hard of hearing or something.

All kidding aside, it's time to go to the audiologist. I just found out our insurance has pretty good coverage for hearing aids.

I know hearing aids are getting better and better these days. I spoke to a guy at a meeting recently and asked him about his. He showed me how he could make adjustments to his hearing aids with his iPhone. He could even stream audio signals directly to the hearing aids.

Time to start my research. Any insights or advice from you guys?

Lee, from South Texas

chris ivey · From: california (deceased)

what did you say...?
good luck.

medi-cal or medicare payed for some for me but i don't like them and don't use them.
i think it depends alot on the guy who programs them for you, and in my case i don't think the guy knew much about it.

Erv Niehaus · From: Litchfield, MN, USA

A fellow went and got a new hearing aid.
He was bragging about how wonderful it was, state of the art and all that.
His buddy asked him "what kind is it" and he said: "Oh, about 3:30" Laughing

Ken Pippus · From: Langford, BC, Canada

Costco.

Paid much more for multiple sets elsewhere, these are the best I've had.

Bud Angelotti · From: Larryville, NJ, USA

Not funny. Neutral

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Keith Hilton · From: 248 Laurel Road Ozark, Missouri 65721

If you are a Veteran, you might try going to the V.A. The V.A. gave me my hearing aids, plus supplies me with free batteries. But I paid a big price for them---disabled Veteran Vietnam War.

Jack Aldrich · From: Washington, USA

I have a pair of Oticon hearing aids. They have little speakers that sit in my ears. They amplify only the frequencies where I have loss, and the frequencies that I can hear pass through unaltered. I'd stay away from aids that cover the whole ear cavity, because they have to amplify everything. they were spendy, but I'm tickled pink with them.
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Bob Blair · From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

I am happy with my Oticons as well. I'd rather have the high frequencies back the way they were before I joined a certain Toronto bar band a long time ago, but they have made a big difference. And when I first got them a few years ago, I turned on a Ry Cooder cd on the car stereo on the way back to the office and had to pull over - the guitars sounded so great.

John Booth · From: Columbus Ohio, USA

I use the Siemens Primax Pure 5 - Has programmable settings for live musicians and all the app control stuff.
Nice
JB
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Cody Angel · From: Nashville, Tn

Check out Vibe9 In ears. Mike is a friend of my and makes great monitors as well as hearing aids. He is in Austin and is a great guy! Ok me and I'll shoot you his contact if you would like.
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Tony Glassman · From: The Great Northwest

Costco. Sold me top-of-the-line ReSound Hearing Aids (re-branded as Kirkland) for about 1/3 of what the private practice audiologist quoted. They make my Emmons sound soooooo much better!

Kenneth Kotsay · From: Davie/Ft Lauderdale, Florida

Won't be long for me buying a hearing aid, at 67 there's a difference in how my hear is now and compared to 10 years ago.

What's next, Depends, Jell-O diets, magnifying glass, aging, you just can't avoid it

Clyde Mattocks · From: Kinston, North Carolina, USA

Also,there just ain't as much light as there used to be.
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John Billings · From: Ohio, USA

"I turned on a Ry Cooder cd on the car stereo on the way back to the office and had to pull over - the guitars sounded so great."

Did you know he was the first to release an al digital recorded album? My favorite guitarist! His Rhythm Guitar playing is abdo-lutely amazing? Just listen to "Money Honey"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eYK_r_6yY4
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Doug Rolfe · From: Indianapolis, IN

I have had Kirkland hearing aids from Costco for about 3 years and they are doing a good job. Besides being programmable they cost less than $2,000.00.

Jim Smith · From: Midlothian, TX, USA

Bill Moore · From: Manchester, Michigan

Can anyone elaborate on how these hearing aids work when playing on stage with a reasonably loud band? Or do you just not use them when playing with a band? My hearing seems to be getting worse all the time, I'm thinking maybe it's time to try hearing aids.

Doug Rolfe · From: Indianapolis, IN

Bill in the Kirklands, they actually programed four different settings for different environments. I use the settings based on where I am and what is going on around me such as ambient noise etc. They actually asked what I would be doing and did some of the programming based on what I told them. I hope that helps you.

Francis Chamberlain · From: Franklin, KY, USA (deceased)

Is there a hearing aid that will give a person their tones back? I lost my tones a little over 3 years ago and my guitar sounds like it is out of tune.

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