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I don’t think that’s what I have said. I am recommending the Sennheiser for folks with less then normal hearing loss, providing they don’t have a need for .

@user990 said:

I am recommending the Sennheiser for folks with less then normal hearing loss, providing they don’t have a need for Auracast.

You do realize all of Costco’s type aids have almost exactly the same fitting ranges. The OP just needs to try them and see which one they like best.

is sure moving slow. I too am excited about getting it on my Cochlear processors for hands free phone calls. I really miss that from my old Phonaks. This is a technology the OP might be interested in, hands free calls.

Yeah so one shouldn’t try to choose which brand is suitable “based” solely on one’s audogram, lots of things to consider, and agree roll out has been painfully slow!

In reply to @rwin1592

One other thing. I don’t know your circumstance - your hearing loss, the environments in which you find yourself, your Bluetooth needs, etc. - but as long as you’re going to Costco, if it’s not too far away from you, I would suggest you try each brand that looks like it meets your requirements. (I did not care about , for example, so I was not limited to ’s that support it.)

I actually tried on 4 different brands over 2 scheduled appointments. I wanted to love the Jabras as they get great reviews, and although I did not hate them, I found them a bit “tinny”. Rexton Reach was great, Sennheiser R was very good, but for some reason, compared to the others, the Philips were just so-so.

If you are able to take this approach, allocate 20-25 minutes or so to walk around the store. It’s helpful to bring someone to talk to as you’re testing. (I talked to some random employees.) Or go stand by the one TV set that is turned on, and see how it sounds. Or I guess if you have some spoken audio (like a podcast) pre-uploaded to your phone, you could try listening to that.
Just a suggestion.

That makes sense as a first-pass screen. A short walk around Costco can probably tell you if something is obviously uncomfortable, obviously tinny, or immediately wrong.

I just wouldn’t put too much weight on it beyond that. Costco’s 180-day trial period is the real advantage. I took advantage of that myself: I tried two different Costco hearing aids over a period of weeks, returned both, and ultimately did not buy from Costco.

For me, the real test of hearing aids is not 20–30 minutes in a store — it’s how they perform over time in my own environments: kitchen noise, HVAC, TV dialogue, restaurants, phone calls, family conversations, and the rooms I actually live in.

So I agree a store walk-around can help narrow choices, but I’d treat the trial period as the real evaluation.

I had the Philips 9040 first, then the Philips 9050 after Costco upgraded me during the trial period. I kept the 9050 for months before finally returning it because the real-world frustration built up over time.

That’s my point about the 180-day trial. A short walk around the warehouse might show whether something is obviously wrong, but it would never have revealed what months of daily use revealed in my own listening environments.

After Costco, I tried Starkey for about a month and eventually ended up with the Phonak Sphere i90.

In reply to @hearingMac

Yes, the walk-around was very helpful for me for the reasons you mention. AND 4 months after I purchased the Rextons - a good , though not great in a marginally noisy environment - I trialed the brand new SoundGears from Starkey.

Now, my previous HAs were Starkey Muses. I had wanted Starkey again, but at the time I bought the Rextons, Costco did not have a Starkey product. (But Costco’s price point was in my budget, so I chose from what they had.)

It was a fluke that my Costco happened to be among the first stores rolling the SoundGears out. Since I was within my 6-month warranty period, I was able to trial them. For me, they were great, and I do like the Edge Mode. So I returned my Rextons for a refund. Then I purchased the SoundGear. A little more expensive, but worth it to me.

I also like that Costco will change the filters for you for free and also put the flimsy little domes back on.

@fitzie63 said: (unavailable)

Our Costco hearing center sells the Sonite Rise but they’re not a consideration for those of us with severe-to-profound hearing loss but might serve our group member who appears to have a lesser hearing loss

What is your basis for this? The Phonak fitting range would not seem to support this.

It seems that different Costco HAS’s and even different stores push different brands.

In reply to @fitzie63

sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. See receivers fitting range charts below.

The Rise can work for people with profound loss up to ~100dB thresholds with UP receivers. If the loss is worse that that then yes , the Rise is not optimal. In that case , the Jabra Max at Costco may work better.

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hi there im a week into wearing the jabra costco hearing aids and i love them before i had signia silk and sweated my ears but i have found the jabra from costco fine indeed and you get an upgraded charger case and a tv streamer for free too - so happy happy here and has as well

I live in Australia and have a Costco hearing test booked so I really appreciate the above discussion. I’ve been wearing hearing since 2015/16. My last pair were Phonak Audeo P70. I recently replaced these with a Specsaver brand Advance Elite 673, However I returned these as I had too many issues, which I was told is unusual.

I now have a choice of four at Costco as discussed above. Reading the reviews I was leaning towards the Jabra however I will certainly test the Sennheiser as it is reviewed as excellent sound quality and importantly for me strong Bluetooth capabilities.

Lots of good comments, suggestions, experiences on here. I’m 74 and have had hearing aids for about 18 years, including two models of $6000-$7000 Starkey’s from a local audiologist. Used some cheaper totally in canal from EARGO during masking year to avoid tangling on glasses. Recently purchased Horizon’s through hear.com1 and changed audiologist just to try the “dual processing” to improved speech. Had them about a month and I like the differences enough to keep them. It’s important to know that with almost every brand there are different models ranging from like 12 to about 32 channels depending on your range of hearing loss. I go for the most I can afford so they can grow with me for a few years.

Well just remember that Costco has the exact same, rebranded as Rexton, as they only sell the premium models, you can be sure you are getting the top tier quality for less then hear com. 5k for is crazy price, Costco the same for $1690!

In reply to @Shadow

Welcome, I’m in Melb Aus.
I’m on my 3rd pair of ’s from Costco over the last 12 years. I looked at Specsavers and compared the specs and found that the $2300 Costco compared to the $6k Specsavers. So I never looked at them as an option. I have the Rexton Reach, they’re ok, not great in noise.
I’m going in for an appointment soon and will ask about a 2nd pair that will work better in noisy environments.
Good luck.

In reply to @tenkan

Lots of apples to oranges comparisons. Hard to find exact specifications. Mine are Horizon GO 7IX. I also believe, within reason, that we get what we pay for. Rexton for $1690 is likely NOT simply a rebranded $5000 Horizon GO 7IX. Are the spec differences worth the extra cost? I’ll probably never try Rexton to know.

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