[villagetinker]

I would get an exam from a qualified audiologist, and them ask if the OTC (Over The Counter) devices would work for you. I just went through this, and was advised that even lower cost full blown hearing aids would not be suitable as I needed different levels of amplification based on different frequencies. So I now have programmable hearing aids which worm much better than my previous ones. The hearing test should take around 20 minutes or more and include a word recognition test.