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Kevin Fix
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Michigan, USA
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Posted 22 Jun 2018 7:14 pm |
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| Got hearing aides today and very satisfied. The brand is, Siemens and the make is, Signia. The model is, Pure 3 NX. They sure came along way. Their is a app on my smart phone for personal programming. Listening to music sounds very good. The big test will be the next time I play out. As of for now they sound very natural. |
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Steven Paris
From:
Los Angeles
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Posted 22 Jun 2018 9:02 pm
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How much $$$ for a pair?
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 23 Jun 2018 9:48 am
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| $3000.00. My BCBS Advantage paid $1007.00. I had to pay $1993.00. With my pension I have BCBS and I also have my Medicare. Between the both of them that is all they would pay. |
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Fred Justice
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Mesa, Arizona
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Posted 23 Jun 2018 10:15 am
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Kevin, I have zero in my right ear, and 40% in my left ear.
I have an appointment with a Audiologist on 06/28/18
I'm on SS with United health Care as my sup.
I know the Sup. pays for the visit, but I don't have a clue as to what they would pay for the hearing aids, if any. 
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 23 Jun 2018 11:02 am
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Most insurances don't pay much if at all for hearing aids.
I'm a Federal Government Employee and the high option Blue Cross will pay up to $2500 every three years for hearing aids. Considering the pricing on hearing aids, that is the basic models. I tried some new, basic model, Rexton hearing aids (I have old Rexton's) and they were crap for music and returned them. They had the fancy phone app to control them but that didn't make them any better. The provider said he could change the response curve of the new ones to match the old ones and he lost the sale, why buy new ones that work like the old ones when the old ones are still working.
If you qualify for V.A. that is the best way to go. Friends here that got hearing aids through V.A. all got "better grade" aids.
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GFI Ultra Keyless S-10 with pad (Black of course) TB202 amp, Hilton VP, Steelers Choice sidekick seat, SIT Strings
Cakewalk by Bandlab and Studio One V4.6 pro DAWs, MOTU Ultralite MK5 recording interface unit |
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Kevin Fix
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Michigan, USA
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Posted 23 Jun 2018 11:20 am
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| Fred, When you go to the doc they can tell you exactly what your ins. will pay. I'm a retied State of Michigan employee and that is the best they can do. |
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Willis Vanderberg
From:
Petoskey Mi
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 6:44 pm
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| Costco is selling Seimens for about half price. The catch is they don't accept insurance. |
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Kevin Fix
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 1 Jul 2018 7:05 pm
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| Anxious to see how they do when I play out next. We have been down for a month now. Will be back playing in two more weeks. Non stop until November. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 2 Jul 2018 2:14 am
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I checked out the local Audibel hearing aid center. They "only" wanted $9000 for hearing aids. Talk about a rip off.
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GFI Ultra Keyless S-10 with pad (Black of course) TB202 amp, Hilton VP, Steelers Choice sidekick seat, SIT Strings
Cakewalk by Bandlab and Studio One V4.6 pro DAWs, MOTU Ultralite MK5 recording interface unit |
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Jim Goins
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2018 3:35 am
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| Hey Kevin. Jim Goins here, let me know your new aids work, I think I need to get some new ones. By the way where and when is your next gig. Jim. |
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Barry Blackwood
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Posted 2 Jul 2018 7:11 am
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Medicaid coverage for hearing aids varies from state to state, with some states excluding coverage entirely. And most hearing aid providers don’t accept Medicaid or Medicare due to the complex paperwork involved as well as a low, and slow, reimbursement rate.
While some Medicare Advantage plans include coverage for hearing aids, traditional Medicare, the federal health insurance program for those age 65 or older, doesn’t include any coverage whatsoever. A lot of private insurers follow Medicare’s lead, so if Medicare doesn’t cover it, they don’t either.
And is there a potential for coverage expansion under the Affordable Care Act’s 10 essential health benefits (EHB)? Unfortunately, probably not. Though the seventh EHB, “rehabilitative and habilitative and medical devices," is interpreted by hearing care advocates to include hearing aids, the interpretation varies from state to state. What sets the standard for interpretation, then? The state’s “benchmark plan," which is the second-lowest priced plan available within a state health insurance exchange. And unfortunately, if the benchmark plan doesn’t consider hearing aids to be essential medical devices, the other plans follow suit. |
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Al Evans
From:
Austin, Texas, USA
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Posted 2 Jul 2018 2:38 pm
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I hesitate to jump in here, because I don't use hearing aids. But my wife does. When we got her first set, we reasoned that hearing aids here were massively overpriced for the amount of electronics and engineering involved, and that people in other, poorer countries probably used them, too. So we checked out eBay, and sure enough....
What she's ended up using are Siemens "Touching" hearing aids, under a hundred bucks each. They seem to do as well as the (much more expensive) hearing aids some of our friends use.
--Al Evans
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Ray Jenkins
From:
Gold Canyon Az. U.S.A.
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Posted 2 Jul 2018 3:33 pm
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Got mine from theVA, service connected disability.No cost, was told they would have cost me around $6000.00 if I had to buy them myself.They sure made a difference in my hearing. They furnish batteries galore also.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 3 Jul 2018 2:14 am
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What she's ended up using are Siemens "Touching" hearing aids, under a hundred bucks each. They seem to do as well as the (much more expensive) hearing aids some of our friends use.
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Generic hearing aids don't do much for most as the hearing loss is not just volume level, but frequency loss too. Most that I know that wear or should wear hearing aids have high frequency loss along with general audio volume loss. This requires hearing aids that can compensate (be programmed) for the frequency loss.
A steel guitar player friend that owns a music store and a recording studio closed his recording studio (rather than get hearing aids) because of his high frequency hearing loss.
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GFI Ultra Keyless S-10 with pad (Black of course) TB202 amp, Hilton VP, Steelers Choice sidekick seat, SIT Strings
Cakewalk by Bandlab and Studio One V4.6 pro DAWs, MOTU Ultralite MK5 recording interface unit |
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