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My question…should I buy costly Starkey Bluetooth aids or reasonable priced Costco aids. Reason: Have bilateral otosclerous stapedictomy in right did not help. Been using analog aids for 40 years and only 1 digital simple starkey aid for last 2 years. (Mistake …should have been using 2 aids) …cannot hear. Went to ent doc and and had new . Ent doc and Audologist advised Bluetooth hearing aids. Audiologist said I should stick with Starkey, as they are best aids and Costco aids are “junk”. Of course, Costco aids are reasonably priced and Starkey very expensive.

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I don’t know many people who think that about Starkey aids; I agree with pvc’s intuition that your audiologist likes to sell them.

What I would do if I was you, and what I did, I would buy Costco aids and then replace them 4- years later again with Costco aids. You would pay total less than for one set of Starkey aids but you would have newer aids. Win-win

My leanings would be Costco. If you want a bluetooth made for iPhone hearing aid, I’d go with their Resound. If no special requirements, KS7, Phonak and Bernafon are all decent aids depending on your wants and needs.

I had Phonak Audeo Smart III for 6 years and just bought a pair of Costco KS7s. I also bought the smart connect and TV transmitter. The program for the smart connect and the IPhone app is pretty weak. It doesn’t allow you to adjust much. I wear the smart connect under my shirt and it works flawlessly. I have 4 programs set and the one that is used the most is the Automatic. The Costco I wnr to had an Audiologist and their testing and fitting was a lot more in depth that when I went to an independent Audi 6 yrs ago. They are not that much better that my 6 yr old Phonaks but I have really bad tinnitus. I am glad I bought them because I saved a boat load of money and they work very well.

@member64 – Forum Hint, you could have used the @ feature instead of 4 replies. When you type @ you will get a popup of the members who posted on this thread and then you just select one. It will also send that member a notification.

This is just FYI, 4 replies will also work. :slight_smile:

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