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The best advice I can give you is to try what the audiologist suggests but be honest with both that provider and yourself. If you are not getting enough help with those aids, ask to try a different model.
Providers generally allow only a 30-day trial period for returning the product. A few allow 60 days. That is in the fine print of whatever you are asked to sign. Be sure to read it...and ask questions. It takes time to get used to using hearing aids. Be sure to try them in all the places you usually want and need to go. Too many people get frustrated and take them off rather than continuing to experiment. The brain needs time to adjust to hearing sound that way.
IMPORTANT: You are entitled to a copy of the test results from your provider. Ask for it. If you don't feel comfortable with what you are being fit with, you will have the audiogram to take elsewhere.
Does the audiologist you are seeing sell only one brand?
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Yes, they only represent Signia. I do have a copy of the audiogram from my test, but I would think there are other documents that would show my hearing situation better.
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The audiologist I am seeing now is doing business as livingston hearing aids. They sell only starkey, which I bought 3 years ago, and they gave me the newest evolve 2400Series to try for a month. I gave them back last week. The noise canceling is improved, but the overall function in noisy environments is minimally better, not worth spending another $8000. I am now exploring cochlear implants, both from cochlear america, and comparing to Advanced Bionics. I have not yet chosen a surgeon in the Tucson area to see if I even qualify for CI.