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I also have profound hearing loss and my audiologist has let me demo Oticon, Starkey and now the Signia AX platform. Signia is the most affordable because of my Humana Gold Plus Medicare plan. It enables me to buy two top of the line Signia hearing aids for $2,000. I am waiting for Signia’s IX platform to become available under my plan.
That being said they still have their drawbacks. If any out there with profound hearing loss has found a better hearing aid let me know. You can’t put a price on hearing better.
OTC hearing aids might work for mild hearing loss but I believe you need higher end hearing as your hearing diminishes.
Does anyone know of any positive human trials using stem cells to regrow the hairs in our ears. That will be the true game changer.

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Julie, Volunteer Mentor | @julieo4 | Apr 3 4:55pm

@daveshaw You are definitely trying good products. I have benefitted from Widex hearing aids for several years. I'm bimodal with a cochlear implant and hearing aid. Unfortunately, the Widex does not sync with my Cochlear processor. I will be getting a ReSound that does in the near future. Meanwhile, when I want/need binaural hearing with technology I use the telecoils with a neckloop that I can plug into audio devices, a very simple solution.

Stem cells will surely be a game changer when they can do the trick. From all the research I'm aware of it's going to be a long time coming. Thankful though, that it's a work in progress. It wasn't all that long ago that people were being told 'Nothing will ever be done to cure hearing loss'.

You might want to follow the research being done by The Hearing Health Foundation. wwwhhf.org

Cochlear implants have come so far in the last decade. I received mine in 2005. It has made a miraculous change in my life. I am so glad I did it then instead of waiting in hopes something better might come along. I'd still be waiting 19 years later.