Thread: Hearing aids

Since Costco is so far away from me now, I went yesterday to a local audiologist and was tested. I need them now in both ears, which I knew before I went... Two are on order. I did find that my insurance covers all but the office visit, so I'm happy as can be!

I was not at all happy with them.....returned them and got my money back all except 200 dollars for the exam.

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What was your major compliant with them?

Well.....the left one went crazy and kept running the volume up and down from low to wide open. The right one just stopped working. I knew they would either fix them or replace them.....but the biggest problem was they would not stay in my ears....kept working out and every 10 to fifthteen minutes i had to poke them back in and that was making my ears sore. They told me that I had unusual ear canals and that i needed a custom mold thing on the end made to fit my ears .....they said they would make them up at no charge. Kinda made me mad that they did not do that to start with because when the tested and examined me they told me my ear canals were different. I was fed up and told them to give me my money back. I might try again at a later date and go to a different place. But the first few days when they were supposedly working right I really did not think they made much difference....i could hear a little better but I would miss a word here and there. I thought I was hearing better and then I realized people still had to repeat stuff.

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I couldn't keep the ear inserts in either. The behind the ear type has never come out in three years unless I did it taking
a shirt off or something that pulled unit off.

They were the behind the ear type

They didn't fit you right. I'd change supplier and try it again. I'll forget to put mine in some days. When I put it in, I can hear
my steps on carpet. The main place I need aid is watching tv or talking to a kid. Without it I can't understand a thing small
kids are saying. On the tv side, watching news, I can understand one person as plain as day but who ever he is talking to, I
may not understand anything they say. Especially if they have a growl type voice.

Originally Posted by G";3483634]Well.....the left one went crazy and kept running the volume up and down from low to wide open. The right one just stopped working. I knew they would either fix them or replace them.....but the biggest problem was they would not stay in my ears....kept working out and every 10 to fifthteen minutes i had to poke them back in and that was making my ears sore. They told me that I had unusual ear canals and that i needed a custom mold thing on the end made to fit my ears .....they said they would make them up at no charge. Kinda made me mad that they did not do that to start with because when the tested and examined me they told me my ear canals were different. I was fed up and told them to give me my money back. I might try again at a later date and go to a different place. But the first few days when they were supposedly working right I really did not think they made much difference....i could hear a little better but I would miss a word here and there. I thought I was hearing better and then I realized people still had to repeat stuff.

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I had the same problem with behind the ear ones. I've had the in ear ones for 20 years, never know they are there until one quits. But they are not a cute all. You will still have to ask people to repeat things and struggle in high noise areas like restaurants, just not as much..