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Getting new hearing aid - maybe Oticon Opn S BTE PP - thoughts?
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Jul 14, 2019 | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
I'm not sure what my Oticon BTW model is. Does MiniRITE sound familiar? They look like the OPN picture on the Oticon site.
Anyway, the aid is BTE but the speaker is inside the ear canal. There are wax filters that can be replaced by end users, as well as the domes used to seal the ear. Replacing the wax filters and domes is a minor expense but it seems like there should be a better way. Hopefully the inventors are working on a better way.
The ones I have eat batteries for lunch (4 days max) and if using the rechargeable, they won't last 16 hours.
Other than that I have not much to compare with. After spending $6k for a pair, it's not easy to buy another brand just for comparison.
Bob
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Hi,
Wow....that’s really awful about paying that much and getting so little in return. You have the really small BTE with the dome...and it’s called the mini rite...you were right. How long was your trial period? Last time I bought aids (around 5 months ago) my Audi let me trial 3 different brands at home....She brought in 5 different aids and I settled on 3 to trial...at around 2 weeks each and then a month for the ones I picked...again Phonak.
I don’t think electronics in the ear canal are any good and I don’t care if they give you wax guards for free. My 675 batteries last 3 weeks...my size 13 use to last 2 weeks. What an awful first time experience and Oticon seems to be more expensive than all of my Phonaks. Hope you win a lottery somehow and get to purchase new ones. I am assuming you have gone back and asked for adjustments...keep asking and getting them to your satisfaction. Their job isn’t over for the life of the aids...included in price.
Regards from FL Mary