My hearing loss was first identified by an audiologist when I was in my forties. It is believed to be congenital because my father had early hearing loss as well. I very much enjoyed the quality of sound from my first hearing aids which were analog. My husband urged me to try the new digital a few years later. The original audiologist was on maternity leave and the fill in audiologist fit me for the digitals that never had the same clarity and cost me three thousand dollars each.
I am a person who is very careful with money, I was very reluctant to try again to buy such expensive failures so I continued to wear the analog until they died, one by one.
My husband tried everything to get me to buy another pair, poor thing, and I was stubborn. A trusted member of this Forum recommended The Villages Ear and they fitted me with hearing aids that have amazing quality and I paid about two thousand for the pair. (Still too much, I THINK for anything so small, but that is what the market is allowing these days)
I think Village Ear is a very good business and is diligent to continue until you can hear as well as you can.
I think it wise for a first diagnosis to see an audiologist.
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