Best and Worst Hearing Aids Survey Consumer Reports

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Best and Worst Hearing Aids Survey Consumer Reports. Client Reviews Finest & Worst Listening to Aids Survey 2022 Evaluation. Physician Cliff Olson, Audiologist and founding father of Utilized Listening to Options in Phoenix Arizona, opinions the survey outcomes of Client Report’s Finest listening to aids between 2017 and 2021.

Best and Worst Hearing Aids Survey Consumer Reports

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  4. Sir, My experience has been very disappointing with such so called high tech hearing aid which I bought (P50R) for very huge amount that could buy for me a bullet/enfield bike or a pair of latest iPhones. Why such a big price for just a chip with an app/software? Too much!! Bluetooth connectivity and synchronisation among hearing aids, car stereo, television, android, apple and other devices have been still an issue. Audio quality has been at stake on price points. Government should look into this.

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  6. Any chance we can get your opinion on the new Oticon Zircon in the next couple of days? I have to choose between Zircon 1 and More 3 in the next few days, all though my audiologist will probably let me test them longer if need be. A lot of their specs are the same, but there are a few things that are different. Not sure I can hear the difference though.

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  7. "Best Practicees" sounds great, but to consumers is about as specific as saying "good car". What does it mean in real terms…for instance…we got our hearing test, selected hearing aids, now they are in and we are going for a fitting and adjustment…what would "best practices" involve compared to "basic" fitting and adjustment?

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  8. Most of the people using hearing aids are 70 +- 10 years. Most of them aren't going frequently to noisy bars or restaurants. Most of them don't work so they aren't bother with a big conference table with directional HA microphones features. Most of them aren't driving bicycles so winds noise reduction isn't important for them. They would like to hear clearly their spouse, children and grands.They would like to listen clearly to TV. they would like to walk and listen to streaming music. They would like to understand what rear seat passengers say. Kirkland 10K is excellent HA to them with unbeaten price. Costco uses best practice similar to what u recommend. The equipment there is state of the art, automatic forced by the machine, so that the dispenser can't make a mistake. I can get from my health provider (Kaiser) professional hearing testing done by AUD like you.; if I have health related hearing problem he can find it in advance. With Costco I have 180 days to try (u have 30 days). So why I should spend $6500 compare to Costco $1.4K?

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  10. After I had taken my hearing test and returned for a hearing aid fitting, my audiologist had selected the Oticon More 1 miniRITE R for me. I’m approaching one year with them and I am not feeling a benefit I feel I should from them. I was said to be Moderate loss in my right ear and profound in my left side and when I first saw the doctor/surgeon he mentioned I might benefit from a Cocklear implant on my left side but changed his comment and said let’s try hearing aids. My HAs were $6000. and the thought that I might have been better served by going another direction makes me wonder if I made an expensive mistake.

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  11. Hi Doctor Cliff,

    I prefer a discreet (invisible) hearing aid with Bluetooth capability. Now I'm confused about whether to go for IIC and buy a separate ear bud (like non hearing impaired folks) or buy the smallest Bluetooth hearing aid possible.

    Please let me know what's your take on it. It's very confusing as a consumer for me as the hearing aid manufacturer websites are not fully informative when it comes to comparing the difference between different types of the same brand.

    Thanks and keep up the great work

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  12. I'm sure the price one pays certainly enters into how satisfied one is with their HA's. If a pair of HA's cost $1400 compared to $6 grand, I suspect the owner is more inclined to overlook little oddities or shortcomings with the lower priced offerings. If one pays Land Rover prices, then one, I suspect expects a higher level of perfection. And as was pointed out, CR lumping all Costco HA's into one pot is misleading because as we all know the Kirkland Signature offerings can and do switch manufacturers from jumping from one version to the new one. So someone's response to the survey when one respondent is wearing a KS6 (Resound), or KS8 (Rexton) to someone using as KS10 (Phonak) isn't quantifiable. The fact that CR either isn't aware of that or failed to mention that brings suspect to the survey results.

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  13. Uninformed people rely on CR. If CR could steer those folks who would otherwise buy Chinese garbage from Amazon, over to the KS10 at Costco, that does REM? I could think of worse things. Remember that the AUD recommended from your site to me gave me some lame excuse not to do best practices? (This is a very spotty industry) Therefore I think CRs broad brush stroke approach is not so bad. Thank you for following that up by the way. I really appreciate your work as everybody I know does. Thank you for the sacrifice.

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  15. Very interesting video, as are all of your videos. Here's my consumer report… I spent about $7000 on a pair of Resound Linx Quattro rechargable hearing aids 2 1/2 years ago. They have some neat features which I control with my smartphone, which were a lot of fun to play with at first. I rarely use those smartphone features now. From nearly the day I got them, I have been back to the audiologist on a regular basis to have them checked and adjusted. Today, I probably wear the hearing aids less than 1/2 the time. I find that most of the time I hear better without them than with them. Very disappointed.

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  19. Dr Cliff, I needed new hearing aids (they were Oticon, 9 years old & lost one) last year & watched as many of your videos as possible, including "Best Practices." I decided to remain with my audiologist as she's wonderful & she does practice "Best Practices.". I have severe to profound hearing loss and decided to go with Oticon More MiniRITE R with custom earpieces. The charger vs. batteries & connecting to my cell phone & tablet are huge game changers for me! I have been extremely happy with Oticon.
    Thank you so much for all your videos!

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  20. I'm not surprised by Costco's ranking, first of all they sell the most hearing aids of any provider, the latest number I heard is Costco sell 20% of all hearing aids sold. Second, I think it's a cost vs performance benefit vs cost vs features, are the high end aids that cost 4-5 times more, 4-5 times better? Are the newest features worth the premium price and do they help you hear that much better ? I have the Kirkland KS-10's, they have really helped me hear better at a price I can afford.

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  22. So how do I find you in Michigan? lol… I am 57, everyone around me notices my issues, went to the Audiologist at my Dr's office but she doesn't deal with hearing aids just that medical conditions or damage that effect your hearing. I was planning on doing this all on my own until today. I don't mind paying for expertise and you are the guy that convinced me to look for a professional instead. Thanks!!
    Rod

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  27. There is a very inexpensive hearing aid company online called, "Hue Hearing". The reviews give them a 5 star, but I find it hard to believe. Will you give them a review?

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