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I also only need one hearing aid. Luckily I was able to get it from Costco ($800, free exam) and insurance picked up 80%. This year insurance changed such tha
by mgerdts 9y ago
I also only need one hearing aid. Luckily I was able to get it from Costco ($800, free exam) and insurance picked up 80%. This year insurance changed such that the hearing aids are mail order and are more expensive than my co-pay at Costco.
The one hearing aid scenario is problematic for any sort of headset. If I use earbuds, I can only hear well in one of them. If I were to spend the extra money to get the bluetooth accessory, that would only go to the ear with the hearing aid.
I'd love to be able to input my audiogram into my phone and have it adjust the headset amplification at various frequencies in each ear accordingly.
Even better would be for noise cancelling headphones to be able to also use an audiogram to have the headphones act as hearing aids when not in noise cancelling mode.
- Jemaclus 9y agoMy hearing loss is severe, so I can't just get Costco hearing aids... and insurance never covers it. They cover the audiologist exam, but not the hearing aid itself. It sucks so bad. And yes, if I want Bluetooth accessories, it's even more expensive. My current hearing aid is "Made for iPhone" or whatever, so it can stream directly from my iPhone, which is awesome. Unfortunately, my brand new Apple Watch isn't, so I still have to carry my phone with me on runs or whatever, while my wife can just wear her watch and Bluetooth headphones... First world problems, I guess?