Turn up the volume: The latest in hearing aids

It’s 2019. It’s about time technology made hearing aids better and affordable.

I’m 63 and have Re-Sound hearing aids. They are behind the ear hearing aids. I work in sales and was embarrassing myself not hearing customers questions or answers clearly. Also got sick of not being able to hear and understand my grandchildren. I never realized how poor my hearing was till I swallowed my pride and had myself tested. My Audiologists got me first class hearing aids for much less than stated in this report. He provides adjustments to the frequency band I’m having trouble with the most and infrequent repairs for the life of the aids all for $2600. Thank you Al Wilson you changed my life for the better.

your father looks great for his age and has a dynamic personality!

My comment is on my own experience. In my fifties I was having trouble understanding speech. Volume wasn't a problem unlike it was for my mother who used a simple set of sound amplifying aids that cost around thirty dollars each. Seven years ago I bought a set of $5000 hearing aids. They helped some but not as much as I expected. Originally they were the molded in the ear model but I couldn't tolerate the pressure of the in the ear aid and had to go to the behind the ear. They were small and most people never even noticed I was wearing them. Over the years I had to have them each repaired at a cost of $700 dollars each. I finally replaced them with the latest model that has many more channels( rather like a sound graphic equalizer with more channels) and I actually hear clearer now. Downside is they are bluetooth and to get the ability to really use them for my phone or tv or simply to adjust the volume without taking them in to the store I have to purchase an iphone as they are made to work with one. Proper program and you can adjust sound fields and volume where ever you are. They will also work with android phones but not all functions will work. Here I am scrimping on prescriptions and yet manage to buy these expensive toys. But what's it worth to be able to carry on a conversation with your wife or friends. Sure the inexpensive sound amplifiers will work for many but for those who have trouble with separating sounds they don't offer much help. They still have us over a barrel in that some of us need hearing checks and aids that can be adjusted to only raise certain frequencies to hear better. It's high time the govt. reign in windfall profits from hearing aids but I guess it's like the drug industry where they actually pay our congressmen to allow them to keep on stealing from us all. Good luck and I hope you can find the money somehow to hear better.

I got Starkey hearing aids. And i am so thankful that people from starkey are so generous enough to travel enough half way around the globe to give free hearing aids.

After 10 or 15 years of being hard of hearing I got fitted with two hearing aids, the first thing I noticed after leaving the hospital was bird song, something I hadn't heard for years, the other thing was that I didn't notice my tinnitus, my advice is, don't wait,

Cost IS the problem... This industry has been in a monopoly by a handful of companies who have driven up the price while other technologies have decreased in price. The industry is ripe for destructive technology to step in.

Please hurry up over the counter hearing aids.. You hear me.

Come on CBS Sunday Morning you could at least add Closed Captions to your video about hearing loss.

Thank you for this video. Dementia seems to be affecting my father after having lost his hearing aids. We welcome more affordable hearing aids and much needed competition in this field.

"In a controlled environment..." that means with no other people around and no background noises.

Look up this article. "Frequency Therapeutics says they’ve already given the treatment to more than 200 people, and seen significant improvements in patients’ hearing in three out of four clinical trials. The therapy is long-lasting – hearing has been improved for nearly two years in some cases – and it comes in the form of a single injection into the inner ear, making it much simpler and quicker than alternatives like gene therapy." Hearing Loss Can Be Reversed With New Regenerative Therapy, Say MIT Scientists

GOD Bless this man for getting law for over the counter hearing aids

Talking to mom? When I am listening to her. 😂😂😂

Thank you for this...you’ve opened my ears to a new option

Wow, so lucky to have a sweet dad who still puts in a hard days (6) of work.❤️

There is a difference between needing amplification and needing clarity. Cheaper "hearing assists" like the Bose "Hearphone" and others sold by hearing centers like Miracle Ear are NOT for people who need clarification. Unfortunately, this means people may well be spending money on the wrong device with the DIY method of ordering online. I got my hearing checked by three places - to make sure they all agreed on the diagnosis. All the tests were comparable in results, so I knew I was on the right track. The ENT doctor didn't recommend hearing aids for clarity, only for amplification, when that in fact clarity was my problem. The other two hearing centers (like Miracle Ear) agreed I needed the hearing aid for clarity. In other words, the doctor was not astute in recommending the correct technology, and had I chosen not to get two more opinions, my hearing would have deteriorated to the point I may not have been able to stop the progression AND hear better, too. Be careful to self-diagnose, even if $5000 does seem ridiculous. It IS ridiculous, but you need to get what is appropriate or risk losing your hearing for good.

That iPhone with all that technology cost a quarter of those Starkey hearing aids

Please add captions

I have always bought my hearing aids from E-bay! i took my Hearing Test on line with my PC and Headphones. I bought a kit to mold my ear pieces. I sent my signed waiver, printed Hearing Test, and molds to a company in California who molded my 'in the ear" Seimens Digital Hearing Aids. That set cost me $1200. That was about 15 years ago. Since then my hearing has worsened and I needed more powerful hearing aids, so I went to "Behind The Ear" aids. Always staying with Digital. Always being on E-bay because of price. My latest set were Signia Fast P, CE, which cost me $85 each. Almost all E-bay hearing aid suppliers are overseas now which has lowered the price but also made shipping take longer. I have told this to many friends and older people but no one else I know does this! I also buy my eye glasses on line but that is another story.