Popular Questions about HEARING AIDS
MOST POPULAR QUESTIONS
Why are hearing aids so expensive?
- High refund rates of High Street chains
- Variability of hearing outcomes
- Difficulty in assessing improvements
- Labour intensive (fine tuning appointments)
What’s the Best Hearing Aid?
- The one that you like the best (You can only discover this through a trial process)
- Oticon Opn S 1 is the most technologically advanced hearing aid
- However, some of our best reviews are from people that have not spent a lot of money (purchased budget hearing aids)
Where’s the best place to go?
- We are biased – & believe Independents offer the best overall experience
- Which? magazine agrees: in their last 3 surveys of end-users’ findings
- Boots score well in second place, as the best large retailer
- The Independent you visit should be well established, with good evidence of service (reviews)
- It is advisable to deal with someone quite local to you
What do they cost?
- Thanks to the internet, there is now a fairly clear understanding about what these cost
- The most expensive products cost about £3000 per pair. If you seek out the better suppliers, you might have to pay £4000
- Two-thirds of what you pay is for the after care (not the hearing aids)
- Continuity of service is very important (so many dissatisfied users comment that the person they saw was different every time)
What makes a great hearing aid?
Primarily, it will be your willingness and diligence.
A trial before you pay anything always helps.
Pay some attention to world sales figures. Oticon and Phonak are doing the best.
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