Siemens Hearing Aids Review

Hearing the Little Things that You Never Heard is a Great Experience

By Sondra C, published Mar 11, 2008
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For years I've been telling my daughter that she mumbled when she talked. Going to the movies was great, but I always wished that they would have turned the sound up. My television was blaring, and I could not even hear the telephone ring, but I never noticed because I was able to hear my programs.

One day, and believe me there were other such days, but this one particular day seemed to have made me realize that perhaps it was not that everyone mumbled, or needed to repeat what they said, but that the problem could be with me. My children and I were driving up to the country, and I was sitting in the back seat . They were exchanging a very interesting conversation and I had joined in. I listened, and every word that they said to me, I replied with ''What did you say''? and they repeated. This went on until finally my son-in-law turned to me, and loudly said, ''maybe it is not us who are talking low, maybe you just cannot hear''!!. Go get fitted for a hearing aid!! I never said another word during the rest of the drive , and I never heard what they were saying either.

The very next day I phoned Hearx Ltd located at 600E. Altamonte Dr, Ste 110, Altamonte Springs, Fl, 407-331-8883 and made an appointment for a hearing test so as to appease my family. Even though I was a Senior, and eagerly accepted the Senior discount without shame, I felt that wearing a hearing aid would age and shame me. The hearing test showed I had a severe hearing problem, but that with the proper hearing aid I would be able to hear most of what I had not been hearing for years.

They carried a few brands of the type I had wanted ,which was the small, in the ear, digital hearing aid, computer adjusted when needed, and never by me. It was noise reduced automatically which meant that once I put it into my ear, I never had to touch it again. I also was able to sit in a crowded room, with no fear of having the noise drown out my own conversations, or amplify the sound. It also did not give me an echo. I selected the Siemens hearing aid because the price was a bit less than the other brands, and the size of the hearing aid itself was small enough so that no one would ever know I was wearing one.

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I have been wearing them now for a few years, and I forget that they are even in my ears. .

The funny part is that no one, to this day, knows that I wear a hearing aid and I waited so long to get one needlessly.

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I have been wearing mine for almost 8 years now. I did have a minor problem, but the hearing aid was returned to Siemens for repair at no cost to me. When it still did not fit properly, it was again sent back, and each time accompanied with a mold of my ear. it took a while of waiting, returning but finally mine fits and works perfectly. I think the fault here was with your audiologist and not Siemens .That instrument should have been returned immediately for repair before the year was up. I cannot see how you can blame Siemens if they were not aware of it, or the age of your father. The instrument is easy to use, by anyone, at any age. The one he will now get from the VA will be an outside the ear one, and will not be computer controlled, so that he will hear all the noise around him which is annoying . I would still send a letter to Siemens explaining what had happened, They should back up the product.

Posted on 07/03/2008 at 9:07:26 AM

 
I HEAR you. :) Nice write up.

Posted on 07/03/2008 at 9:07:58 AM

 
My dad has used a pair of Siemens digital in the ear hearing aids for the past year and they have been a disaster. I was with him when he got the sales pitch from his audiologist and they seemed like a great idea. Instead they are so poorly designed that the battery has gotten stuck inside several times this past year needing a trip to the audiologist each time. It's unbelievable that something costing several thousand dollars can be so flimsy in construction. They are certainly not built for elderly hands to be able to easily change the battery. They are now out of warranty after a year and useless as the battery is stuck inside again. Dad's going to get a free Veteran's Administration hearing aid instead. Siemens should be ashamed to be taking elderly people's money!

Posted on 06/15/2008 at 4:06:03 PM

 
Great informative article!

Posted on 03/11/2008 at 12:03:47 PM

 
Hi sondra, Thought the article was very informative. I now know what to do when I need a hearing aid. Your friend Rex

Posted on 03/11/2008 at 11:03:00 AM

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