My father is really hard of hearing. It seems as if Medicare does not cover hearing exams or hearing aids. However the man has plenty of money. Any idea how to go about getting the man a hearing aid? Do any of you have any experience with this sort of thing? Thanks.
I am 39 and wear hearing Aids. If your Insurance doesn't see it as a disability it could be expensive. My insurance covers mine 100% due to my hearing loss. My hearing aids are close to $3,000 without insurance.
I am 39 and wear hearing Aids. If your Insurance doesn't see it as a disability it could be expensive. My insurance covers mine 100% due to my hearing loss. My hearing aids are close to $3,000 without insurance.
I am 39 and wear hearing Aids. If your Insurance doesn't see it as a disability it could be expensive. My insurance covers mine 100% due to my hearing loss. My hearing aids are close to $3,000 without insurance.
Why do you think your insurance covers it? You say due to your hearing loss but isn’t that the same issue the Medicare customers would have? Hearing loss? Maybe I am missing something about what you said.
I am 39 and wear hearing Aids. If your Insurance doesn't see it as a disability it could be expensive. My insurance covers mine 100% due to my hearing loss. My hearing aids are close to $3,000 without insurance.
What kind of hearing aids do you have?
Widex mine are blue toothed. I am able to control setting with my phone based on environment.
Not all insurance covers hearing aids. Most of the time people pay our of pocket. I lost my hearing in the military and my insurance covered it because of that fact. Hearing aids is sadly one of those things that most people sadly get stuck covering the cost. I am grateful mine covered it. I was having trouble functioning without them. If you look it up you will see how few insurances will pay for them. It's actually pretty sad because most people are close to 40 years older then me when they need them and it should be covered.
I am also wearing aids for more than five years now, and I’m satisfied with the effect. It took me a long time to get the aids I really needed because manufacturers own most hearing aid clinics, and they promote their own products. I have been looking for an audiologist near me for a long time, and it took me a lot of attention and carefulness to get the aid I really need. All you need is independent expertise that will demine the kind of aid you need. You can even get invisible and lyric hearing aids that are not well seen outside your ear.
Due to my tinnitus, I occasionally have to ask individuals to repeat what they just said. Although I've spoken with an audiologist about it, it might be an obvious symptom of hearing loss. It's not deafening, but a high-pitched hiss that's constant rather than sporadic. I would recommend my audiologist if you were nearby. When you obtain them, you'll need a dependable audiologist to monitor your hearing. Obtain recommendations from hearing-impaired acquaintances.
Sorry ,I forget to mention my audiologist details. If you were close by, I would suggest my audiologist. You'll require a trustworthy audiologist to keep an eye on your hearing once you get them.
My father is really hard of hearing. It seems as if Medicare does not cover hearing exams or hearing aids. However the man has plenty of money. Any idea how to go about getting the man a hearing aid? Do any of you have any experience with this sort of thing? Thanks.
If he is a military veteran he could claim that he has tinnitus as a result of having served and the VA will provide him with top notch hearing aids free
apparently, the Biden Administration has taken steps to allow hearing aids (or a broader range of hearing aids) to be sold over the counter. There are something like 60M Americans with some degree of hearing loss (myself included) and what we can reasonably expect is over time pricing for hearing aids to drop dramatically. A hearing aid's electronic guts probably are not that different than the newest Apple earphones so there is no real legitimate reason why they'd cost $3,000 to $5,000. The best ones are bluetooth capable so they can allow you to listen to music or podcasts. If you are that guy or gal who has difficulty hearing others in a crowded restaurant I'd strongly suggest you see an Audiologist. I'd lost 60 DB above about 4,000 HZ and had no idea until my family pushed me to "get my hearing checked."
Unfortunately, My insurer doesn't give such benefits. I have to buy one and looking for someone who can donate some money for the same. I have a sixty-one-year-old grand mother and I cannot help her in nothing.
FWIW, there's a connection between hearing and mental sharpness. I found that I couldn't understand the first couple of words someone says, but I could hear the rest once I focused on listening. I read that the ability to quickly change focus could be brain-related so I tried some brain health supplements.
Brain health supplements did not cure the problem, but they helped and I can notice a difference in my mental sharpness within an hour. I take PS™ (phosphatidylserine), huperzine A, vinpocetine, and Quick Brain Nootropic every morning. I'm sure PS work because I have used it in the past to cure "brain fog" in the afternoon after lunch, but you might need to take more than one capsule. I use Life Extension brand. They rate high in independent lab tests.
EDITED TO ADD: I did try three different "hearing aids" off of Amazon. They were worse than nothing. It was like listening to a tinny phone speaker on high volume. I didn't try the $3,000 version because it's easier to just avoid noisy places than to wear a hearing aid.
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I'm having to research this for myself as well, mainly due to tinnitus. Like many, I'm not quite ready to commit to hearing aids. The trouble is that is it is not volume, but tone is the issue. Many of the current off-the-shelf hearing aids are just amplifiers. Bose was in the business, but decided to get out.