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With the rechargeable aids, what do you do when the batteries no longer take/hold a charge?
Can they be fit for new batteries or will you have to buy a new set of hearing aids?
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I got the medicare/blue cross ones a little over a year ago junk.....just bought the $1399 Costco set and love them!
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Thank every body booked in oct 26 for fitting.
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I can't help you with prices; mine are VA. Yup, but I need anti tinnitus tech to come out. They have. I'm too young to have hearing aids; but, my hearing loss is service connected so I get mine through the VA at no cost to me. Thank you to you taxpayers. Anyway, I had a choice for the ones that I can use for music and phone calls or the ones that will reduce my tinnitus. Because my tinnitus is so bad, it was a no brainer for me. It took a couple of times back to the VA audiologist; but, we got them tuned in such that when I'm wearing them I absolutely do not notice my tinnitus.
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Guys
Beware of hearing aid companies that say they offer discounts for Medicare and Blue Cross.
Medicare does not cover hearing aids. Blue Cross does not either, unless your policy specifically states that. Very, very few individual insurance policies cover hearing aids: the figure I once read was 4% of all policies.
The outfits that advertise Medicare/Blue Cross discounts/coverage are a scam. They lure people in by saying they can save them $XXX. Then they fit them with hearing aids that are at least one generation, perhaps two, behind current technology.
They buy them for a song since the aids are old technology. Folks wind up paying two or three times what the aids are worth, regardless of any "discount."
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i'm on my second pair from costco , didnt buy the rechargable battery model because the batteries don't last very long before they need to be replaced.
lady working there said she had seen them stop taking charge within 1 1/2 years.
buy bluetooth capable hearing aids,its the best thing ever. mine were 2600.00. resound brand
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I went with the rechargeable Resound in May, Blue Cross picked up 2 K of the cost.my retirement gift to myself.
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A while back the Costco hearing aid manager told me how they keep their prices down. They don't decide on what level of product they want to sell and put it out for bids. Instead, they decide what price they want to sell it for then tell the manufacturers to send them the best they have that can be profitably sold at that price. The makers know that if they get the contract, they'll make money because of the huge volume so they send their very best, greatly discounted to meet Costco's price requirement. As a result, Costco can offer a much higher quality for a lower price than most hearing aid dealers. They've held their price on Kirklands to the 1400 to $1500 range on aids that sell for 1000's more elsewhere. It does reveal how much the markup is on most brands.
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Tag. Have a Costco opening up near me in November.
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