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• Mine are stuck in mute

• "Affordability issues,".Aka broke .

• Kudos to Bose for making an affordable hearing aid! I hope that more hearing aid company will follow them.

• Doctor Cliff I loved your review and found it extremely helpful, in that I absolutely had no help from Best Buys when purchasing these hearing aids. Yes, you heard it Best Buy's . Since I've been wearing hearing aids for approximately 12 years, I will tell you, there are no reputable audiologists in NJ. After trying two different sets and 3 Audiologists I decided to review my hearing loss (which actually contributed to an early retirement) totally on my own, and came up with a plan to purchase them online. The reason online was the best option was simple, "Price". A new pair of Starkey 9's were $5500.00 US in 2009-2010. Online they were $1700each. I had another Audiologist check my hearing and emailed my results, Pdf., to the online store. Within 2 weeks got them. The downside was every Audiologist I saw after that screwed them up. They wanted me to buy new ones constantly. After seeing an Audiologist in Denville NJ, who completely destroyed my hearing aids, I decided to call Starkey. They set me up with an Audiologist who then sent them out to be serviced at a cost of $500 for the pair. When I got them back hey were reset, to an alarming noise level I couldn't tolerate. Worse yet they were directional hearing aids with four sound settings. During that time I found the Audiologist was unfamiliar with that technology (by 2016 newer models were far more advanced and these were older than anything she was used too) Also the Audiologist never set them directionally by either Front or Everywhere , She simply didn't know how to properly set them up. I suffered for a few more years then Covid19. Now it's almost March 2022 and this decision to purchase Bose was a good one. Again, I loved your review, and if you were in my area of Northwest New Jersey I know I would try to be one of your patients. I "Subscribed", "Clicked the Bell" and chose "All" , hoping to get all the help I can and who knows maybe I'll get another hearing test done one of these days and have my Starkey's set up properly this time. P.S. the bose battery life needs improving and the Starkey's beat them hands down and I do miss my Starkey's

• I too am a Bose fan but I don't understand how the APP can be used to correct for a users hearing loss in the same manner as a hearing professional can or that the FDA approved it as a hearing aid.

• Dr. CLIFF.....I.. you soo much for this review. I am a recent hearing loss candidate myself. Very irritating tinnitus and nearly 80%+ deaf in right ear. I went in to a hearing lab locally in Oak Brook, IL and they gave me a hearing test for free and threw a top of the line Starkey in my ear, and poof, just like that, ringing in right ear ceased and I literally started crying because of the level at what i was capable of hearing. Then the $$$$. I tucked tail and ran when I heard nearly $8k. My wife allowed me to Gove the Bose hearing aid a shot and am cautiously optimistic they'll work well enough to function appropriately.

• Please focus on or give information for Tinitus control devices....we need that now...thanks

• I'M A BOSE FAN TOO. BUT THEIR HEADPHONES REALLY S_CK! THE BATTERIES SU_K!

• Can they be worn as a replacement for a cros device ?

• Dr. Cliff, thanks for this review. As an active person my biggest issue with my current hearing aids is staying put inside my ear canal, especially when eating or in conversation. What can you report on that?