I have worn a Siemens open hearing aid for 5 years and have never been happy with it; terrible on background noise situations which the audiologist has never been able to correct even with multiple programs. I just went to Costco and had a complete hearing test evaluation and tried the ReSound aid which I was very happy with. I also looked at the Bernafon unit but did not try it. I have some questions which I forgot to ask the audiologist before I left the store and have not purchased either aid at this time.
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The ReSound does not have a remote controller so all program/volume changes are made via switches on the ear unit. I have used a remote controller with my Siemens so I am not sure if this would be a problem with the ReSound? Any comments on this? The Bernafon does have a remote controller. The Bernafon does have Bluetooth capability which I am not sure would be a benefit for me. Also I was told that changes to the ReSound would require that the changes be made to each ear. Does the Bernafon remote controller make changes automatically to each ear?
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I have profound word recognition loss in my right ear and have not worn a in that ear since I have been told an aid would not help. The Costco audiologist recommended a ReSound aid in that ear since she said it would help with “location” problems even if it did not help word recognition. Not sure what she really meant by that?
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So any comments and thoughts on these 2 aids from Costco would be greatly appreciated.
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