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What Brand Of Hearing Aids Are Audiophiles Using?

This isn't a joke, so please no things like:  no wonder you own Mac or GE or I knew you were deaf, you get the idea.  I have been to an ENT already (my ears were professionally cleaned) and had a hearing test scheduled with an Audiologist but it has been cancelled until our stay at home order is lifted hopefully by the middle of May.  I have done 2 online tests and have found I am not hearing anything above 11K.  At 67 years old, I thought my hearing was still ok as I can hear differences in changes of equipment, cables, etc.

I would like to hear from other audiophiles either here or via a PM if you are too embarrassed as to what brand you recommend to give me a good sound.  A friend said he won't use his hearing aid when listening to his system because everything sounds tinny.   So, there you have it, any helpful response would be appreciated, as I am sure I am not the only one
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needlebrush
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Oticon for regular use...  sounds more natural than other brands, but they all sound tinny when listening to my system . A Loki helps for my hearing deficit
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tah800
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Oticon does have the tone. The problem with Oticon is that you can only use the equalizer when streaming directly to your hearing aids. It is not available for anything but that. The presets cannot be customized and the music setting is not right. How can it be for so many hearing disabilities and types of high end stereo rigs. I might add here when streaming high res music from your phone and being able to use the equalizer the results  are excellent. That,however will not help listening to your hifi unit. My audiologist has me testing some aids and the Oticon has by far the most natural sound. If they worked on providing access to the equalizer for all applications they might have a winner. Had a chance to try Widex. Was not at all impressed with them . I have been reading a bit about Sonic Innovations. They claim to have a very advanced equalizer.Did Anybody haveszxx any experience with these. I’m Canadian and can’t seem to find a distributer here. I’m convinced our answer is hearing aids with hi quality equalization. I would mind paying higher  price tags for that.Widex at 8 grand Canadian are just picking our pockets. By the way putting an equalizer on your rig is making it right for just you. Tha audiophile deal is having buddies visiting and going to here setups You need your hearing aids to taylor your sound. A lot of really talented audiophiles are giving up this great hobby because of hearing.

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stringreen
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Go to Costco,,,,,Take a listen to the Phillips

jymc
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Hmmm....I went to Costco.  Tried a pair of Phillips walking around the store for over an hour.  They were horrendous....it sounded like I was in a futuristic science fiction movie.  I later went to another audiologist and and actually purchased a pair of Widex Moment 440 hearing aids, incidentally retail priced at $9800!!!....thank God for insurance and other discounts off of retail.  I am literally on my 2nd day of wearing these.  Now understand I own a $150k home 2-ch system and it sounds damn musical to my old ears without the Widex.  Putting the Widex in my ears now gives me the equivalent of $899 all-in-one system you might buy at Big Lots.  So far, music absolutely sounds better WITHOUT the hearing aids.  While I do understand speech in conversations and TV dialog better, the Widex (so far) do nothing in making music more enjoyable.  I have a 60 day trial period on the Widex aids and we'll see how this experiment turns out.

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