Yes, that’s what the fitter told me today. I’m going to print out the specs that Battery Ears gave us and bring them with me when I have my appointment. Just curious to see what, if anything, is missing in the Futures.
What are the qualifications of the Audi at the West-side Costco? The card I got from the one at the East-side Costco says merely “Senior Hearing Aid Specialist” – no letters of any kind. The West-side store would be far more convenient.
I don’t have any figures yet, but I know I need HAs. Have to see the doctor first if I want any insurance benefit.
Z300M,
Steve is the guy at the Grandville Costco. I met him at the east side store and will see him in 3 weeks for a adjustment. I’m not sure what his education is. He seems to be a very patient person and said he has most of his experience with Phonak HA. He was training with Sandy at the west store.
I think he will be good but I have 90 days to decide. Let me know what your exrerience is with them.
NancyB I would be very interested in what you find out!
Thanks!
I went and met Steve today. His card declares him to be “Senior Hearing Aid Specialist” with no letters of any kind. In conversation he made no claim to any formal qualifications – only that he is licensed by the State of Michigan.
I have an appointment for a hearing test on Tuesday, and I’ll get the physician’s evaluation later – before placing an order for anything. At least the hearing test will give me some real figures to go by, and I’ll get a better idea of what will suit me and how much it will cost.
I see that they have the Bernafon hearing aids, which the 28th St. store did not seem to have right after they opened. So they have Kirkland, Resound Future, and Bernafon Verite and Veras – and Rexton Insite(?).
That’s the most preposterous statement I’ve read on this site - I have been a patient (customer) of a respected clinic for 15 years. They have always treated me well and their service was always professional.
On a lark, I went by the Costco booth in my city just to check out their offerings. The person behind the desk chatted with me and asked if I would like to try a pair to walk around the store with. I said yes, as I happened to have a copy of my latest hearing test with me.
He gave me a set to walk around with and I was amazed at the difference in the Resound HA’s vs the BTE’s I have been wearing. I might add I have routinely seen my
clinic every 3 months or so for cleaning and tuning up of my aids so they definitely knew my situation well.
Long story short, I purchased a new set from Costco for about half of what i would pay at my clinic, get 90 days to try them or return them at no obligation, get a 4 year warranty against malfunction and a 2 yr loss warranty -
If Costco decides to do heart surgery I’ll consider going to them for that as well.
Steve
But it’s always possible that your previous hearing professional was doing the best s/he could with the aids you had and was reluctant to suggest new ones.
I had my hearing test done by Steve today. He said that the Kirkland aids (relabeled Rexton; $2000/pr. incl. rechargeable batteries and charger) would work for my hearing loss but don’t have a T-coil option, which I am determined to have. So then he recommended the Rexton Insite+ Open fit ($2600/pr., with optional rechargeable batteries and charger an additional $130).
250Hz: R-15 L-15
500Hz: R-30 L-25
1KHz: R-35 L-30
2KHz: R-35 L-35
3KHz: R-65 L-65
4KHz: R-70 L-65
6KHz: R-75 L-70
8KHz: R-90 L-80