Cheap hearing aid

scrub

My mother's old hearing aid has packed up. To get a replacement we have to book an appointment with the audiology department. To be honest, she's not reliant on it and uses it occasionally so I thought it would be easier just to buy one off the internet. I looked at Boots but they were wanting to charge £600 for an ongoing service.

Anyone know a decent but reasonably priced one? 

MikeJXE

In my experience there isn't a decent one either at Boots or Specsavers at a reasonable price, I tried them both on 2/3 ,months  approval and returned them both and by the way £600 is most likely for 1 ear and you need both. 

I am not reliant on mine either and wear it only occasionally 

You are probably best to stick to the NHS and get everything free 

DigSunPap

Depending on what your budget is, something like this might be worth looking at for you.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hearing-Amplifier-Rechargeable-Digital-Personal/dp/B0CKR65N4R/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=hearing+aid&qid=1698422025&sr=8-5

Spoonie_Turtle

DigSunPap said:

Depending on what your budget is, something like this might be worth looking at for you.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hearing-Amplifier-Rechargeable-Digital-Personal/dp/B0CKR65N4R/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=hearing+aid&qid=1698422025&sr=8-5

No these are rubbish, they literally just make everything louder indiscriminately.
Proper hearing aids are adjusted to each person's specific hearing loss at different frequencies, and most have the capability to use additional listening assistance such as Telecoil loops, Bluetooth streaming, and/or FM listening systems.

These generic products are worse than useless, they can damage remaining hearing in frequencies that haven't lost so much when they're turned up load enough to compensate for the higher levels of loss in other frequencies (i.e., turned up loud enough for the person to perceive any benefit).

Don't waste your money.  Go to the NHS.

DigSunPap

Spoonie_Turtle said:

DigSunPap said:

Depending on what your budget is, something like this might be worth looking at for you.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hearing-Amplifier-Rechargeable-Digital-Personal/dp/B0CKR65N4R/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=hearing+aid&qid=1698422025&sr=8-5

No these are rubbish, they literally just make everything louder indiscriminately.
Proper hearing aids are adjusted to each person's specific hearing loss at different frequencies, and most have the capability to use additional listening assistance such as Telecoil loops, Bluetooth streaming, and/or FM listening systems.

These generic products are worse than useless, they can damage remaining hearing in frequencies that haven't lost so much when they're turned up load enough to compensate for the higher levels of loss in other frequencies (i.e., turned up loud enough for the person to perceive any benefit).

Don't waste your money.  Go to the NHS.

Of course it is always best to try and get the NHS ones but you can end up waiting for ages. This was just a cheap suggestion for the meantime

Longwalker

DigSunPap said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

DigSunPap said:

Depending on what your budget is, something like this might be worth looking at for you.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hearing-Amplifier-Rechargeable-Digital-Personal/dp/B0CKR65N4R/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=hearing+aid&qid=1698422025&sr=8-5

No these are rubbish, they literally just make everything louder indiscriminately.
Proper hearing aids are adjusted to each person's specific hearing loss at different frequencies, and most have the capability to use additional listening assistance such as Telecoil loops, Bluetooth streaming, and/or FM listening systems.

These generic products are worse than useless, they can damage remaining hearing in frequencies that haven't lost so much when they're turned up load enough to compensate for the higher levels of loss in other frequencies (i.e., turned up loud enough for the person to perceive any benefit).

Don't waste your money.  Go to the NHS.

Of course it is always best to try and get the NHS ones but you can end up waiting for ages. This was just a cheap suggestion for the meantime

Only they arent hearing aids, they are amplifiers and impossible for those who having hearing problems

For the OP, wait on the NHS, the waits are long but you have ongoing services free of charge 

scrub

DigSunPap said:

Spoonie_Turtle said:

DigSunPap said:

Depending on what your budget is, something like this might be worth looking at for you.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hearing-Amplifier-Rechargeable-Digital-Personal/dp/B0CKR65N4R/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=hearing+aid&qid=1698422025&sr=8-5

No these are rubbish, they literally just make everything louder indiscriminately.
Proper hearing aids are adjusted to each person's specific hearing loss at different frequencies, and most have the capability to use additional listening assistance such as Telecoil loops, Bluetooth streaming, and/or FM listening systems.

These generic products are worse than useless, they can damage remaining hearing in frequencies that haven't lost so much when they're turned up load enough to compensate for the higher levels of loss in other frequencies (i.e., turned up loud enough for the person to perceive any benefit).

Don't waste your money.  Go to the NHS.

Of course it is always best to try and get the NHS ones but you can end up waiting for ages. This was just a cheap suggestion for the meantime

I got an appointment and turned out the hearing aid just had a kink in the plastic tube that needed changing!