- Mar 16, 2019
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I was born with sensorineural hearing loss - the same kind that usually is linked to getting old. My right ear is slightly worse than the left but both ears are in the moderate-to-severe range. That rules out all hearing aids people can buy without a prescription. So does the fact that they must be custom in-the-ear rechargeable hearing aids. My mom needs to spend thousands of dollars on my next pair despite the new law that makes buying them much easier for millions of other people in America.
An audiologist told me the best hearing aid model for me would cost nearly $5,700 l (including the battery charger). A hearing instrument specialist, who is not an audiologist, thinks Signia is the best brand, but I am sure that is because he only works with the company that makes Signia products. I did research and discovered that to be the case. So he is strongly biased in favor of a company that my audiologist told me she does not like at all. It is obvious who to believe about the Signia hearing aids.
But the hearing instrument specialist offered a much better price: $3,200. My mom is penny-pinching now, which is the only reason we went to a hearing instrument specialist in the first place. She decided to take me there because under my health insurance plan, all appointments with him are free and there is a 20% discount on everything Mom buys from him. That is why she would only have to pay $3,200 for two in-the-ear rechargeable hearing aids and the charger. Nobody else is covered by Humana.
I am afraid Mom will knowingly buy a bad pair of hearing aids for me next year because I can't wait for her to come up with the money to buy what my audiologist recommended.
Mom does not like message boards because any idiot can post anything, so if you have suggestions for me, please include a link to support them.
An audiologist told me the best hearing aid model for me would cost nearly $5,700 l (including the battery charger). A hearing instrument specialist, who is not an audiologist, thinks Signia is the best brand, but I am sure that is because he only works with the company that makes Signia products. I did research and discovered that to be the case. So he is strongly biased in favor of a company that my audiologist told me she does not like at all. It is obvious who to believe about the Signia hearing aids.
But the hearing instrument specialist offered a much better price: $3,200. My mom is penny-pinching now, which is the only reason we went to a hearing instrument specialist in the first place. She decided to take me there because under my health insurance plan, all appointments with him are free and there is a 20% discount on everything Mom buys from him. That is why she would only have to pay $3,200 for two in-the-ear rechargeable hearing aids and the charger. Nobody else is covered by Humana.
I am afraid Mom will knowingly buy a bad pair of hearing aids for me next year because I can't wait for her to come up with the money to buy what my audiologist recommended.
Mom does not like message boards because any idiot can post anything, so if you have suggestions for me, please include a link to support them.