Hi @zebra1922, you will be hard pushed to beat their £2.4k for the pair, fully fitted at Boots, buying online? I have a wonderful AuD at Boots, trained I believe with the NHS, so she is very experienced, and nothing is ever a too much bother… You will need Noah Link Wireless hardware, and Target 7.1 software, if you are planning self-programming? Boots prices are cheap in comparison to other High Street hearing aid sellers, their margins must be wafer thin, as Um_bongo rightly says;
You mention, word recognition score, it is something rightly or wrongly never done to my knowledge, here in the UK, never once in 30 odd years, going to both private and NHS AuD’s have I ever had a word recognition score done, with 2 exceptions, which were “Cochlear Implant Assessments”… I don’t know if Um_bongo does WRS, or perhaps he might give his take on them? Good Luck with your trial, cheers Kev