Miracle ear? What a fucking patronising name for a hearing aid.
Please don't shoot; I'm only the messenger. :-)
The ads here in the states for these things are disgusting. They come as close to saying, "Be able to hear! Just like a REAL person!" as they can without actually saying it.
I don't actually know about particular brands because with the NHS they fit me with the best hearing aid for my type of deafness.
That's what you get for being pinko commies. Here we get to choose (and pay for) our own doctor who makes the diagnosis who then ships you off to a another company who will sell you an approximately appropriate model that almost matches your needs from the stock they have in the store for as much money as they can. That the NHS provided the correct model for your needs only goes to prove how inept Socialized (teh Horror! teh Horror!) Medicine is.
questions ... I get questions ....
Beats the hell outta me. I don't know anything about hearing aids, the various brands, the various products, their good and bad points, which one is best for what, when, and why.
He's not happy with "Miracle Ear" as they fit entirely in the ear or, rather, they almost fit entirely in the ear until they fall out. The batteries are expensive, don't last very long, and when they start wearing out the hearing aid issues an annoying beep-beep-beep every minute or two, which drains the batteries even faster. In that mode it's a hearing aid that prevents the user from hearing. This is called "Modern American Engineering & Design to the Highest Standards."
The one he told to get fits behind the ear with a tube, of some kind, running into the ear somewhere, somehow. (As I said, I don't know anything about these things.) To try them out, find-out how they actually work, will cost $500. A sum he would like to avoid paying, if he can.
Anyway -- Thank you for the attempt to help. It seems he is going to have to get over his internet phobia and ask around himself.
The problem might come if I need new hearing aids. They seem to have become fancier, at least according to the adds and thus also much more expensive, but the fee from the IV has not increased, to the contrary they want to reduce it. But overall, I really appreciated the support I got when I bought them 6 years ago and the support I still receive.
Getting hearing aids is really not like getting eyeglasses - which sort of fix the problem instantenously, the hearing doesn's get as good again as the sight with the glasses.
