Hearing Aids

I STARTED WRITING ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO ON THIS BLOG. I THINK I WROTE ABOUT 150 ARTICLES, SOME AS LONG AS ONE THOUSAND WORDS. MOST OF THE ARTICLES WERE ABOUT THE PRODUCTS,POLICIE...

I have worn over 8 pair of hearing aids over the past 20 years, representing 7 different companies. First, I have found that the hearing tests that audiologists do have not change...

I have had my Audible hearing aids for five years now.Had to have them repaired 4 times at the cost of 300.00 dollars each time.I take them to have them cleaned a...

Refund policy,My father bought two hearing aids and was told he could retun them for a fullrefund if he did not like the way they worked. Theyod him he had 60 day...

My mother in law has broken the battery door on her hearing aid is being charged 560.00 to repair it. This is minus a "170.00 building discount" because she lives in a assisted li...

First he is forgetiing or conveniently leaving out the fact that hearing aids last any where from 5 to 10 years and almost all providers offer FREE lifetime service, cleaning, adju...

The biggest complaint in the wearing and use of hearing aids, over the past 25 years, or longer, has been that the User feels like their ear is plugged up, or occluded, resulting i...

Audibel representatives apparently hired right off used car lots. They don't keep their promise; jack up repair prices, each rep giving a different prices. One can ...

Dear Consumer: I'm writing on the behalf of all people that wear Hearing Aids. I think that hearing cost to much for the elder or younger people who need to understand people...

I HAVE BEEN GETTING JUNK MAIL FROM PROFESSIONAL HEARING AID SERVICE, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR MY DIED MOTHER. I HAVE COMPLAINTED TO THE COMPANY WHICH THEY SAY THEY HAVE NO CONTR...

I am tired of people who listen to other people about their hearing aids and make their decisions on what is good for them by that and not the collaboration of the audiologist and ...

I'm the at least equally pissed off wife of a pissed off consumer of hearing aids. First of all, the price is exhorbitant, and he's had several different kinds. Second of...

Hearing aids are expensive because dispensers do not make money except when they sell it. We should pay them for their testing, we should get the results and buy the units wherever...

Sam's Club is now selling Hearing Aids through their Internet Site at fantastic prices. The Hearing Aids are being supplied by General Hearing Instruments, a long establi...

Siemens is a great company and the # 1 seller in the world. Before buying ask what the agreement is from Siemens to the dispenser. You will be shocked. The Government allows distri...

The shell on my left hearing aid broke in half as I was replacing the battery. I was informed by your representative that the repair woukd cost $399. I realize that th...

Okay yes maybe it doesn't cost the maufacturer of hearing aids that much to make their products but they put a *** of a lot of money into reseach and developement to creat the...

Hearing Aid Users are starting to accept Behind-The-Ear Models, at a greater rate than ever before.The Manufacturers are all excited about this because of the tremendou...

Today I made another House Call on a 90 something, Widow, living by herself in a very decent Mobile Home Park in Huntington Beach,Ca. She has been a Client of mine for ...

My preceding article labeled Part I, proposed the theory that artificial High Retail Prices are floated and published, to test the reaction of such pricing.The model fo...

I have a theory as to why Hearing Aids, regardless of Brand, Make, or Model, are so EXPENSIVE.If there are 2 Million Hearing Aids sold in the United States, the questio...

I have been trying to determine why Hearing Aids have been sold as a Commodity and all the services involved in the testing,fitting,and consulting,in the sale of a Hearing Aid, hav...

At the present time, at least in the State of California, Hearing Aids are sold in a manner described as "Bundled Pricing".What this means, is that all of the...

A 92 year old, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee, wanted a good functioning Hearing Aid, when he returned to Canada to be inducted in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, in J...

A wonderful 90 year old Client, now residing in an expensive Assistive Living facility, in Fountain Valley,Ca., called us because he thought he lost his BTE (Behind-the-Ear) Hearin...

I work as a doctor of audiology fitting adults with hearing aids. My advice, avoid franchises like Miracle Ear and Beltone at all costs. If you go to Beltone, you're going to g...

A couple, (a man and a woman-there was a time when I wouldn't have had to state that fact) who have been married to each other (there was a time when I wouldn't have had to...

Two experiences today, that I think are worth sharing.Having been a Salesman for the past 60 years, and having been a Sales Manager, with a Sales Force,on commission, c...

Usually, in any Person's life, they experience some type of annoyance,or inconvenience.It may be trying to communicate with a Child, or an Adult,such as an Im...

The Principal of Integrity, and doing what is to the best interest of your Patient,Client,or Customer, is not restricted to the highest level of inter-action between categories of ...