Just want to echo the comments on hearing aids from Costco. I’ve had excellent service, excellent hearing aids, and very good pricing from our local Costco.
73, Randy, KS4L > On Mar 28, 2019, at 4:17 AM, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 3/28/2019 1:37 AM, David Wilcox via Elecraft wrote: >> Locally our Sams Club has decent prices and now Costco is in town too. > > I investigated this when my XYL wanted (and needed) aids. Costco has a great > reputation for first class aids at half the cost of the same stuff from > private audiologists. I went with her for her exams and fittings, and also > had my own hearing checked. I'm a retired audio professional, Fellow of the > Audio Engineering Society and emeritus member of the Acoustical Society of > America, so I have strong background in these issues. I was VERY impressed > with everything they did for her and for me, and a year later, she's still a > very happy camper. > > At 77 years old, I've got significant high frequency hearing loss, but my > needs are different from hers, and I haven't yet decided that I need aids. > When I do, I'll go to Costco. > > In the short term, I've used this product from a first rate company in > Chicago whose engineers were active in our AES section. They are a good > solution for moderate, age-related loss of high frequency hearing, and at > moderate cost. Their response is tailored for that, and there are two gain > settings -- about 15 dB and about 25 dB. I use them on the lower setting when > I'm going to be in an acoustic setting listening to a speaker that I'm > interested in, and where the PA is not great. They are NOT a good solution > for the tinnitus issues of original poster in this thread. > > https://www.etymotic.com/consumer/personal-sound-amplifiers/bean-qsa.html > > For those with modest hearing loss, RXEQ can be adjusted with lots of cut in > the lower octave bands and boost in the higher octave bands. Whether this is > enough will depend on our own hearing loss. My friend K6DGW, who has a lot of > hearing loss, says it helps him. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
