Hearing Aid brands: anyone tried Horizon IX hearing aids?

I tried the Horizon hearing aid in 2022 and it just wasn’t right for me. Went on to Signia, which worked better. My audiologist also says they are identical, but for me they were not. But I don’t know if my experience is helpful to you because every ear is unique. All you can do is give them a try. If you’re going to a legit practitioner (NOT Costco, grrr) you should have several weeks to sort out how well the instrument is serving. I went back several times for adjustments to the Horizon but I was getting a ton of feedback in my ears and she just couldn’t fix it. The “identical” Signia didn’t produce such heavy feedback. Dunno why. Ultimately I wound up getting hard plastic custom ear molds instead of the soft plastic domes, which kept shifting around in my ears. The shifting of the domes wasn’t producing feedback but did distribute the sound unevenly into
my ear canals, and I was constantly fiddling with them. That upgrade to custom cost $150 more but greatly improved the function of the instrument and thus my hearing.

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No but my audiologist told me they are the same as Signia IX hearing aids which will become available to everyone at TruHearing by the middle to the end of May.
TruHearing is a resource you should check out for any hearing aid. They can tell you if there is an audiologist in your area that works with them.
I hope this helps because for the top of the line Horizon IX hearing aid you are looking at probably $7,000 plus for the pair.

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Any idea what TruHearing will charge for the Signia IX? Their "premium" line of aids on my Scan HMO benefits is a $750 copay. Would TruHearing actually take an audiologist's report and "program" the hearing aid set according to how the hearing test turned out? I recently got an over the ear aid made by Oticon (their Intent3R) and disliked it because it was very difficult to put on (I don't have much fine manual dexterity at age 76), my eyeglass temples rested on top of the behind the ear module, tilting my eyeglasses forward, and also my hair would brush the module and made it annoyingly sound like sandpaper scratching. So, I'm looking for an invisible in-canal aid that does a little more than just sound volume control, I'd like much better clarity of TV audio. Thanks in advance!

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Any idea what TruHearing will charge for the Signia IX? Their "premium" line of aids on my Scan HMO benefits is a $750 copay. Would TruHearing actually take an audiologist's report and "program" the hearing aid set according to how the hearing test turned out? I recently got an over the ear aid made by Oticon (their Intent3R) and disliked it because it was very difficult to put on (I don't have much fine manual dexterity at age 76), my eyeglass temples rested on top of the behind the ear module, tilting my eyeglasses forward, and also my hair would brush the module and made it annoyingly sound like sandpaper scratching. So, I'm looking for an invisible in-canal aid that does a little more than just sound volume control, I'd like much better clarity of TV audio. Thanks in advance!

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