@christyj The audiology group I use was recommended by my daughter's pediatrician when she was 4 - she's now in her late 30s. I did not have a hearing impairment at the time but when I started to I just used the same group and I have always been satisfied with them.

Good audiologists have a doctorate in audiology generally, although I have heard that there are some good ones who do not. My daughter worked in NYC for the Center for Hearing and Communications for a while and highly recommended an audiologist there who is pretty well known in audiology circles so I went to her one time and she agreed with what my local audiologist had prescribed but it was good to have gotten that second opinion. If you happen to live in that area I would recommend her. Other than that you might ask your doctor, or if you know other hearing impaired people get recommendations from them. I always glance too at the various sites that rate medical people - doctors, etc. If there are many reviews then I think it is reliable, much less so if there are only a few reviews. One of my doctors has many reviews, all five stars except for one person! There's always going to be someone who didn't like a doctor for whatever reason.

Oticons are made to work with Apple devices too, I think many hearing aids do since so many people do have Iphones and Ipads.
JK