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Have you ever bought hearing aids online?
Hi everyone, I'm looking for a new pair of hearing aids. I'm from Mexico and in my country hearing aids are so expensive.
I've visited an audiologist and she suggested me to change my actual hearing aids due to my progress hearing loss.
She prescribe me a pair of Phonak M30R (I think is from the Audeo Marvel series, I'm not sure) 1,500 USD each.
Also I visited another audiologist for a second opinion, this guy recomend me a pair of Phonak Vitus +. (900 USD each)
I'm very confused about this because searching on internet both Phonak hearing aids models, are very different about capabilities and features. I don't know wich choose.
I saw a hearing aid website with very atractive prices. So my question is, have you ever bought hearing aids online? I saw in hearingonline"dot"com
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My husband was into buying hearing aids online, and although each set didn't help he kept buying them (he also has mild dementia).
Have you tried Costco for price.
Phonak is a great company.
To hrn88: I'm a retired electrical engineer with "mild to moderate" high frequency hearing loss who's tried many low cost online hearing aids over the years so I've evaluated a few different BTE styles including a receiver in the ear type. My price range to date has been $200 to $300 a pair and look forward to more and better Over The Counter (OTC) aids from new companies competing for the new OTC market. After some research I took a chance on a new pair of "Volt" hearing aids from
https://www.mdhearingaid.com/hearing-aids/mdhearing-volt-max/
and so far have been pleasantly surprised at the performance and continued personal service support from the company who seems to be truly wanting their products to work for their customers. However, for you "newbees" to hearing aids, you must first learn what to expect from inexpensive online hearing aids both in their use and also in how to maintain them yourself. And these hearing aids are not meant for you seasoned high dollar hearing aid clients who suffer from more advanced hearing difficulties. What the long term experience with MDhearing will be is anybody's guess, and you will see many negative reviews of MDhearing, possibly sometimes because the "newbees" need some training with hearing aid use and maintenance.
What about Willoughbys?
Suggest starting with an AuD that's a member of the "Hearing Up" association. These docs are committed to best practices, real ear measurement, so that you fully understand your hearing loss diagnoses. There's a doctor named Dr Cliff on "YouTube" who has short lessons on all the above and does HA reviews covering a lot of what you need to know. Once you have found the right doctor you have 45 days to trial different types of HA's. You can try "behind the ear" "reciever in canal" types and try the "in the ear" types, if you wish. If you don't like either you can return them for full refunds.
I know this because I'm trialing a pair of Phonak "reciever in ear" HA's right now. Had them for a week. Really like Phonaks, but everyone if different. I don't like the "cones" on the recievers. That said, Friday I'm planning to trial a pair of Phonak "in the ear" HA's for a week. Also, plan to try out "custom molds" on the recievers instead of "cones" on the "reciever in the ear" HA's I'm trialing this week. I'd like to see if we can make those work better, as I really like them. The "custom molds" may do the trick.
So...bottomline...get with the "right" doctor who supports you in trying out whatever you want to try out during your trial period.
The 45 day trial period is a law in my state. Most all states have this type of law for HA's, as I understand things. As said, when your trial period ends, you can opt to choose "none", get a full refund, but know better what you like, what works best for you, and what you don't like or didn't work very well.
https://hearingup.com/about