[LittleDog]

For the past 9 years I have had Zounds hearing aids which were fine. However, prior to going on vacation I had one aid that because of rain stopped working. I went to the Zounds office but the specialist there left a note saying he was sick. I went on vacation with only one workable aid. This has happened to me on another vacation last year. Zounds does not have many stores nationally. After this last incident I decided to purchase new hearing aids and one of the main criteria I used was the number of national stores in case the same thing happened again. I decided to purchase Miracle Ear aids because of the number of stores. I realized that these aids were more expensive than others but I decided to bite the bullet. Anyway they work fine for me and I'm sure that other aids would work fine for me also.

In addition to the number of stores criteria there were two other things that I wanted. The first was that the batteries would be rechargeable as my last ones were and secondly I wanted either a remote controller or one that worked with my android phone. The android phone one was very well. The last one I had was a separate device.

That's it in a nutshell.

John