Advice on Cost of Hearing AIDS

[Icequeen01]

Following a recent appointment at the memory clinic one of the things they advised was to get DM's hearing checked. We had thought she possibly struggled to hear conversations and this could be one of the reasons she can't always follow a conversation.

Today we took her for a very thorough hearing test and we were not surprised to find out she has moderate hearing loss and would benefit from a hearing aid. The only thing is the cost - £5,300 for their Diamonds package and going down to £4000 for the premium package. Is this off the wall expensive or is this how much a good hearing aid costs these days? This is obviously not through the NHS.

Any advice please. I have zero experience of hearing aids!

Have you solved how the housebound 86 year old is getting batteries?

Guess who’s going to be picking them up?

@purpleme12 yes, the NHS service is superb, a call or an email and they post them out the same day.

I’ll be writing to complain to Specsavers - that was the fourth time I’d spoken to them on the phone. I won’t be bothering again and I’ll also be taking my optical business elsewhere if I don’t get an adequate response - I’ve been with that branch since before Specsavers took it over - almost 50 years in total.

I am not in the UK but have been recommended Signia Active Pro. Does anyone have experience of these? Thank you.

@Gfplux I have Signia Contrast 5+. They’re fine. I don’t notice them when I’m wearing them, and they make a big difference to my hearing

Why don't you have NHS ones? My parents (nearly 90) and DH have them. Batteries posted out as and when required, regular retesting and upgrades as they become available.