Hearing Aids

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 8 Jun 2016 9:48 am

What's going on in this world? Almost all women and children mumble these days, barely audible. Birds don't chirp and sing like they used to...probably some form of evolution. Why can't the television folks put out a decent audio signal any more? And those damned crickets. All day and all night I hear crickets. My wife doesn't hear them at all. She must be hard of hearing or something.

All kidding aside, it's time to go to the audiologist. I just found out our insurance has pretty good coverage for hearing aids.

I know hearing aids are getting better and better these days. I spoke to a guy at a meeting recently and asked him about his. He showed me how he could make adjustments to his hearing aids with his iPhone. He could even stream audio signals directly to the hearing aids.

Time to start my research. Any insights or advice from you guys?

Lee, from South Texas

chris ivey · Post by **chris ivey** » 8 Jun 2016 10:51 am

what did you say...?
good luck.

medi-cal or medicare payed for some for me but i don't like them and don't use them.
i think it depends alot on the guy who programs them for you, and in my case i don't think the guy knew much about it.

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 8 Jun 2016 12:26 pm

A fellow went and got a new hearing aid.
He was bragging about how wonderful it was, state of the art and all that.
His buddy asked him "what kind is it" and he said: "Oh, about 3:30"

Ken Pippus · Post by **Ken Pippus** » 8 Jun 2016 12:37 pm

Costco.

Paid much more for multiple sets elsewhere, these are the best I've had.

Bud Angelotti · Post by **Bud Angelotti** » 8 Jun 2016 12:40 pm

Not funny.

Keith Hilton · Post by **Keith Hilton** » 8 Jun 2016 1:13 pm

If you are a Veteran, you might try going to the V.A. The V.A. gave me my hearing aids, plus supplies me with free batteries. But I paid a big price for them---disabled Veteran Vietnam War.

Jack Aldrich · Post by **Jack Aldrich** » 8 Jun 2016 2:52 pm

I have a pair of Oticon hearing aids. They have little speakers that sit in my ears. They amplify only the frequencies where I have loss, and the frequencies that I can hear pass through unaltered. I'd stay away from aids that cover the whole ear cavity, because they have to amplify everything. they were spendy, but I'm tickled pink with them.

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 8 Jun 2016 3:51 pm

I am happy with my Oticons as well. I'd rather have the high frequencies back the way they were before I joined a certain Toronto bar band a long time ago, but they have made a big difference. And when I first got them a few years ago, I turned on a Ry Cooder cd on the car stereo on the way back to the office and had to pull over - the guitars sounded so great.

John Booth · Post by **John Booth** » 8 Jun 2016 6:14 pm

I use the Siemens Primax Pure 5 - Has programmable settings for live musicians and all the app control stuff.
Nice
JB

Cody Angel · Post by **Cody Angel** » 18 Jun 2016 9:04 pm

Check out Vibe9 In ears. Mike is a friend of my and makes great monitors as well as hearing aids. He is in Austin and is a great guy! Ok me and I'll shoot you his contact if you would like.

Tony Glassman · Post by **Tony Glassman** » 18 Jun 2016 11:03 pm

Costco. Sold me top-of-the-line ReSound Hearing Aids (re-branded as Kirkland) for about 1/3 of what the private practice audiologist quoted. They make my Emmons sound soooooo much better!

Kenneth Kotsay · Post by **Kenneth Kotsay** » 19 Jun 2016 9:41 am

Won't be long for me buying a hearing aid, at 67 there's a difference in how my hear is now and compared to 10 years ago.

What's next, Depends, Jell-O diets, magnifying glass, aging, you just can't avoid it

Clyde Mattocks · Post by **Clyde Mattocks** » 19 Jun 2016 11:51 am

Also,there just ain't as much light as there used to be.

John Billings · Post by **John Billings** » 19 Jun 2016 2:26 pm

"I turned on a Ry Cooder cd on the car stereo on the way back to the office and had to pull over - the guitars sounded so great."

Did you know he was the first to release an al digital recorded album? My favorite guitarist! His Rhythm Guitar playing is abdo-lutely amazing? Just listen to "Money Honey"!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eYK_r_6yY4

Doug Rolfe · Post by **Doug Rolfe** » 19 Jun 2016 2:38 pm

I have had Kirkland hearing aids from Costco for about 3 years and they are doing a good job. Besides being programmable they cost less than $2,000.00.

Jim Smith · Post by **Jim Smith** » 19 Jun 2016 9:05 pm

Doug Rolfe wrote:I have had Kirkland hearing aids from Costco for about 3 years and they are doing a good job. Besides being programmable they cost less than $2,000.00.

+1 for these, and mine just turned three years old too!

Bill Moore · Post by **Bill Moore** » 20 Jun 2016 12:32 pm

Can anyone elaborate on how these hearing aids work when playing on stage with a reasonably loud band? Or do you just not use them when playing with a band? My hearing seems to be getting worse all the time, I'm thinking maybe it's time to try hearing aids.

Doug Rolfe · Post by **Doug Rolfe** » 20 Jun 2016 1:40 pm

Bill in the Kirklands, they actually programed four different settings for different environments. I use the settings based on where I am and what is going on around me such as ambient noise etc. They actually asked what I would be doing and did some of the programming based on what I told them. I hope that helps you.

Francis Chamberlain · Post by **Francis Chamberlain** » 21 Jun 2016 3:16 pm

Is there a hearing aid that will give a person their tones back? I lost my tones a little over 3 years ago and my guitar sounds like it is out of tune.

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