Resound or Oticon?

Other quality brands are Oticon, Widex and Phonak. Every brand has numerous options and models. Are you comfortable with the provider you are seeing? Some audiologists sell a variety of brands, while others sell only one brand. Some providers are more skilled at fitting hearing aids than others are. We know hearing aids take some getting used to, and that they are not going to give you perfect hearing. They are 'aids' to better hearing. What are your expectations? What are the specific failures of the aids you're trying?

@julieo4 Apologies because my comment has nothing to do with what you say above. I am only placing it here because yours was the most recent comment and a convenient place to comment since I was having trouble knowing how to introduce a new post with an "operational question". Which is: some comments have a reply options and others have a comment option while I noticed that one was recently posted with no option at all! Could you or someone clarify/educate?

Hi @barbb, all discussions in Groups have a REPLY button. See the Group Directory here (https://connect.mayoclinic.org/groups/)
You can reply to a specific message within a discussion or post a reply at the very end of the discussion thread. This blog article explains more:
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There are also blogs or Pages on Mayo Clinic Connect. These are blogs written by Mayo Clinic experts on a variety of topics. See the Page Directory here (https://connect.mayoclinic.org/pages/).
On the blogs you COMMENT. They function the same as replies.

One of the Pages is called About Connect: Who, What & Why https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/about-connect/
In this blog we feature spotlight about members and this past week @julieo4 was the featured member.
- Staying Connected with Assistive Technology for Hearing Loss: Meet @julieo4 https://connect.mayoclinic.org/page/about-connect/newsfeed-post/staying-connected-with-assistive-technology-for-hearing-loss-meet-juieo4/

Hence, you've seen both REPLY and COMMENT recently. If you do not see the option to reply or comment, then you will need to Login.

Hope the clarifies rather than adds confusion. 🙂
If you have more technical questions, you can always contact me using this form: https://connect.mayoclinic.org/contact-a-community-moderator/

@colleenyoung Thanks Colleen for de-confusing me! 🙂

I use Resound hearing aids that I purchased about 6 years ago. I have severe Tinnitius in both ears. I would give Resound a 6 rating on a scale from 1 - 10. I discovered after a few years that the software had been upgraded but the customer must purchase a new pair in order to get the enhancements. I think that is criminal to force a customer to purchase all new hearing aids. It's like requiring a person to purchase a new computer for every software upgrade - it's just not fair. BTW I paid over $6,000 6 years ago - I shutter to think what the price is for a new pair. To be fair they work fairly well and the Resounds do improve my hearing. I am going to test the new Opticon hearing aids due to a rave review from a friend that suffers from Tinnitus as well and was a former Resound customer.

If you’re a Nam vet you may qualify for free audiology care at VA. check with your Veterans Service Officer for details.

I'm Vietnam vet, 100% Disability, the cost at VA is relevant to percentage of dis ability

Thanks for the suggestion about the VA. I purposely did not use the VA when I origiinally purchased the hearing aids and the ENT actually recommended the VA as well. I reside in a state where the VA hospital is staffed in part with interns from Duke University so I just might give them a call.

From what I see all audiology (VA and private practice) clinics are understaffed right now. I've experienced both good and bad audiologists in both VA and private practice as well.

Good luck

Hearing aid technology continues to improve, but it's terribly expensive. No argument there. We as consumers are paying a heavy price for research and development in this field. If everyone who needed and could benefit from hearing aids the price could go down considerably.

I will be most interested in hearing how the Oticon hearing aids work for you compared to the Resound.

Have you contacted your legislators about the current bills being discussed that relate to hearing health? Check out http://www.hearingloss.org for more information