15 Aug
2012
15 Aug
'12
10:46 a.m.
On Wed, 15 Aug 2012 feldman.r at comcast.net wrote:
For any of you who live in the US, the least expensive
place to get good
hearing aids is Costco. Most insurance plans do not cover them, so my
cost was $2600 for the pair, which is 30%-50% less than anywhere else
charges for a similar model.
Buying hearing aids at Costco is EXACTLY the same as buying your computer
hardware there!
They have great prices, IF AND ONLY IF their extremely limited selection
happens to include what you want/need. If you need the level of
programmability of a Widex Senso Diva, or the connectivity of Oticon
Chili, Costco not only won't have them, they won't even KNOW about them.
Ask them to DEMONSTRATE the T-Coil! BUT, the Costco Hearing-Aid-Dispenser
IS more competent than their "computer specialist".
If you expect hearing aids to restore your hearing to "normal", then you
will be extremely disappointed - THEY WILL NOT. Will your iPhone provide
you an intelligent conversation, as in the commercials? New generations
of hearing aids are merely a succession of reduced disappointments.
Reducing background noise is a matter of lowering the amplitude of certain
frequencies that are expected to be useless, certainly NOT an analysis of
the entropy level of the signal to determine what is or isn't "noise".
Yes, it will help cut out a drone (whether or not it is the drone that you
want), but kids, obnoxious drunks across the room, etc. are still gonna be
louder than what you want to hear.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
$6K for current aids