Costco cheat sheet

Hearing Aids
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I have been getting along fine in life other than having trouble hearing my wife when we’re going 75 mph on a noisy road; on a quiet road it’s not a big problem.

More recently, my hearing got worse in the past couple of weeks during a bout of Covid. That seems to have receded now but I’m still going to try for a comfortable fit again at Costco.

However, I’m having trouble figuring out which of the highly recommended HAs here is sold by Costco, since they don’t seem to have the same brand names on the “best aids” list as they do at Costco. Can someone provide a cheat sheet as to which “best aids” are actually sold at Costco, and under what names?

Here’s what I have so far:

It looks as though the “Jabra Enhance Pro 20” is very similar to the “ReSound Nexia”. Is that correct?

I don’t see a review of the HearLink 9050. I suppose it should be very similar to the 9040?

As for Rexton, I don’t see a review of that here either.

Corrections and additions are very welcome.

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The Philips 9050 is similar to Oticon Intent 1.
The Philips 9040 is similar to Oticon Real 1.

The YouTube channel “Hearing Club” recently reviewed the 9050. He says it’s a generational improvement rather than incremental like the 9040 was to the 9030.

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Yes, to your Jabra = ReSound equation. Unless someone has more details to add.

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All 3 current Costco hearing aids are latest versions. As you mentioned, Jabra = Resound. Rexton is very similar to Signia models. Phillips is similar to Oticon, but closer to Bernafon and Sonic.
All of their aids are decent. All should be able to handle dealing with speech in a car. Unless you’ve got some other special feature that is a must have, I’d just go with the Costco person’s recommendation.

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After trialing Philips 9040, Oticon Intent, and Rexton Reach, Rexton did the job for me. Everyone’s ears are different, so different hearing aids are a better match for some people than for others. Having said that, the Rextons are very good hearing aids.

Rexton Reach is a rebranded version of Signia Pure Charge&Go IX, so if you can’t find Rexton reviews, try searching for Signia. It’s the same hearing aid.

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If speech in noise is what you are trying to deal with, at Costco, I would try the Phillips 9050 which is made by Oticon and shares the hardware with the Oticon Intent ( but probably has somewhat different firmware). Hear advisor has rated hearing aids effectiveness in noise. Oticon was rated at the top followed by Signa (Rexton) and later Jabra (Resound). As a previous poster said each persons hearing is different so if you can arrange to test all three, I would suggest doing so. Just be aware that some (many?) Costco hearing aid specialists will push hard for the model they are most comfortable programming,

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Nice to see you again. Hope you are doing well. I rarely come in here anymore.

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Thanks for all the information!

I’d like to try more than one but doesn’t it take a fair amount of time and effort to get them set up for a particular user? Of course I want a good result but I don’t want to make myself a pest at Costco’s hearing center. I’ll ask them about their policy of trying more than one, the next time I’m at the store.

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I’ve been watching the “hearing club” videos about the 9050 and it sounds very good but I wonder if it will work well for one of my primary use cases: hearing my wife in the passenger seat when I’m driving.

If the accelerometer sees me facing the same direction (forward in the car, obviously), then it won’t apply any special microphone treatment toward her. The 9030 had a program to hear better toward the side, but this one seems to be completely automatic so I won’t be able to select this.

Is that right?

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The Hearing Club also did a review on the Rexton Reach. If you want to adjust the directional beam, then the Rexton may be the better choice.

If there is something you don’t like about the Rexton, you have 180 days to return them.

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I’ll take a look at that, thanks!

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I saw another video there that said the Rexton had been recalled due to a programming issue.

So I called Costco and they said it’s back in stock.

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When driving I turn the volume on my KS 10 down two clicks- perfect from Michigan to Florida drive:-)

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with the Signia/Rexton app you can create a directional field. the streamline mic would work

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Current KS9 owner with reverse slope hearing loss. Speech jn noise always an issue. I have waited for the release of the Philips 9050 and now have an upcoming appointment. Trying to decide between Philips 9050 and Rexton Reach. Thoughts and experience fitting these?

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Philips has newer BT chip which in theory should make it more stable, they should both handle LE Audio, but I expect Philips to work better and be more future proof.
Rexton is still riding on old platform, while Philips had major upgrade to theirs.
You’ll often find folks claiming that Rextons/Signias sound more natural, and that’s my own experience too.
Performance in noise should be significantly better with Philips.

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I have an appointment at Costco in two weeks and will report back on what happens.

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Are you referring to the BT platform?

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Overall package, IX is using the same platform as AX, BT (Bluetooth) module being a part of it.

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I tried Jabra a few weeks ago, and tomorrow, I am trying the Philips 9050. I hope they are better than Jabra in voice and noise. I have worn the old Kirkland HA for 7 years, and they served me well. It’s time to upgrade.
A suggestion: Get appointments for 45 minutes, and then you will have time to try several HAs.

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