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Hearing Aid brands: anyone tried Horizon IX hearing aids?
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No but my audiologist told me they are the same as Signia IX hearing aids which will become available to everyone at TruHearing by the middle to the end of May.
TruHearing is a resource you should check out for any hearing aid. They can tell you if there is an audiologist in your area that works with them.
I hope this helps because for the top of the line Horizon IX hearing aid you are looking at probably $7,000 plus for the pair.
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I am trying out some hearing aids in Austria. They are the 'cheap' ones covered by insurance, but still almost 1500 Euros for the pair. I have to say, even those help. I heard that using hearing aids can help delay or prevent dementia. I can only imagine what the 7000 USD ones sound like. I am sure they also have BlueTooth so one can tune-out instead of tune-in.
I have been wearing my new Signia IX behind the ear hearing aids and I am half the way through my trial period. I have profound hearing loss and they are much better than my AX platform Signia hearing aids.
Unfortunately TruHearing does not offer the Styletto IX yet but my new hearing aids only cost me $1,800 for the pair.
I can’t stress enough that if you suffer from hearing loss and you are on Medicare check out the Humana Gold Plus plan. They were originally $2,100 but I applied my flexible spending card and received another $250 off.
The card can also be used for all over the counter vitamins you might be buying.
At least worth a phone call.
I spoke with a hear.com representative on the phone who quoted $4,250 for a pair of Horizon IX hearing aids.
They said that the Horizon IX is the only hearing aid that has dual background noise and speech recognition technology (that all other hearing aids have only one or the other).
I have both issues and am looking for hearing aids that work for me. I have used three brands which have only helped with amplifying sound.
I am skeptical and wonder why Horizon IX hasn't become well known by word of mouth, if they truly do improve both issues.
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Any idea what TruHearing will charge for the Signia IX? Their "premium" line of aids on my Scan HMO benefits is a $750 copay. Would TruHearing actually take an audiologist's report and "program" the hearing aid set according to how the hearing test turned out? I recently got an over the ear aid made by Oticon (their Intent3R) and disliked it because it was very difficult to put on (I don't have much fine manual dexterity at age 76), my eyeglass temples rested on top of the behind the ear module, tilting my eyeglasses forward, and also my hair would brush the module and made it annoyingly sound like sandpaper scratching. So, I'm looking for an invisible in-canal aid that does a little more than just sound volume control, I'd like much better clarity of TV audio. Thanks in advance!