Hearing aids from Costco

[Anonymous]

My father has had mild hearing loss and refused to get hearing aids. It has gotten worse recently and we talked him into going to an ent to ensure no issues (other than older age hearing loss) and he just went to an audiologist who us recommending he gets a $6,800 pair of hearing aids. It is a 30 day trial, and if does not like can exchange other models they have (not a true free trial) and has a one year warranty.

I was checking with a few friends and all of their parents used Costco and said that the highest price model there is about $2,500, has 180 day return and 3 yr warranty.


We are encouraging him to go to Costco to try theirs out and see and if they don’t work then get the other ones. He does not have a smartphone - so he is not planning on streaming music to them or using to take phone calls.

Price difference is HUGE.

Anyone have experience with the ones Costco sells?

[Anonymous]

I am 49 with mild hearing loss and I got my hearing aids from Costco (my first pair) for $1600. I have nothing but positive things to say about it, and I both take calls and stream
music to my hearing aids, fwiw.

[Anonymous]

Costco sells the same brands as the private audiology practices. Most hearing aides are made by 2 companies- Oticon and Phonax. I am pretty sure Costco hearing aides are made by one of these companies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Costco sells the same brands as the private audiology practices. Most hearing aides are made by 2 companies- Oticon and Phonax. I am pretty sure Costco hearing aides are made by one of these companies

I have heard the same thing, then repackaged under the Costco brand.

[Anonymous]

I am moderately to severely deaf in both ears (genetics and chemo!) and have worn Costco aids for a long time.

Right now they sell Resound, Jabra and Phillips. I wear the latest Resouds (tried the Phillips for 6 weeks or so and hated them - returning them and ordering new Resounds was a quick and painless process.

Costco no longer sells Phonaks and no longer has a white-labeled Kirkland product after a debacle with the KS10s (they were made by Phonak).

I would highly recommend them.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info. I will get him an appointment at Costco and go with him (and of course get him a chicken after ).

Hoping that it will work out.

[Anonymous]

One more thing.

Stay away from rechargeable batteries. They are a pain.

For example, to turn them off (which happens more frequently than you imagine), you have to go put them in the charger. With air-zinc batteries, you just open the battery case.

If you don't put them in the charger correctly at night, the next day is a problem.

If you forget it on a trip, you are out of luck.

If you are out and a battery suddenly dies, that's that.

They may improve things, but right now they are just trouble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One more thing.

Stay away from rechargeable batteries. They are a pain.

For example, to turn them off (which happens more frequently than you imagine), you have to go put them in the charger. With air-zinc batteries, you just open the battery case.

If you don't put them in the charger correctly at night, the next day is a problem.

If you forget it on a trip, you are out of luck.

If you are out and a battery suddenly dies, that's that.

They may improve things, but right now they are just trouble.

Don't agree. The batteries drain very quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One more thing.

Stay away from rechargeable batteries. They are a pain.

For example, to turn them off (which happens more frequently than you imagine), you have to go put them in the charger. With air-zinc batteries, you just open the battery case.

If you don't put them in the charger correctly at night, the next day is a problem.

If you forget it on a trip, you are out of luck.

If you are out and a battery suddenly dies, that's that.

They may improve things, but right now they are just trouble.

Don't agree. The batteries drain very quickly.

How quickly? I have rechargeable and it's a pain to take the charger places and I have to charge overnight every night. Seems like batteries last at least a week.

That said, I do get how the expense of batteries is more expensive than the charger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am moderately to severely deaf in both ears (genetics and chemo!) and have worn Costco aids for a long time.

Right now they sell Resound, Jabra and Phillips. I wear the latest Resouds (tried the Phillips for 6 weeks or so and hated them - returning them and ordering new Resounds was a quick and painless process.

Costco no longer sells Phonaks and no longer has a white-labeled Kirkland product after a debacle with the KS10s (they were made by Phonak).

I would highly recommend them.

Phonak family here and they have been good about replacing the wires while they have them in stock, which is nice, but eventually our luck will run out. I hope they will continue carrying whichever ones your father chooses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the info. I will get him an appointment at Costco and go with him (and of course get him a chicken after ).

Hoping that it will work out.

Is he a member? I'm pretty sure he will have to become a member.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My father has had mild hearing loss and refused to get hearing aids. It has gotten worse recently and we talked him into going to an ent to ensure no issues (other than older age hearing loss) and he just went to an audiologist who us recommending he gets a $6,800 pair of hearing aids. It is a 30 day trial, and if does not like can exchange other models they have (not a true free trial) and has a one year warranty.

I was checking with a few friends and all of their parents used Costco and said that the highest price model there is about $2,500, has 180 day return and 3 yr warranty.


We are encouraging him to go to Costco to try theirs out and see and if they don’t work then get the other ones. He does not have a smartphone - so he is not planning on streaming music to them or using to take phone calls.

Price difference is HUGE.

Anyone have experience with the ones Costco sells?

He has a mild loss so maybe it's OK, but basically what Costco sells is utter shit.

You can either spend money on something that works or waste money on something that doesn't.

That said, my Phonak Naida 9s cost me about $5,000 for a pair. And those are top-of-the-line out of Denmark.

[Anonymous]

I got my 6K Signias in 2020 for $4800 with an AARP discount.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One more thing.

Stay away from rechargeable batteries. They are a pain.

For example, to turn them off (which happens more frequently than you imagine), you have to go put them in the charger. With air-zinc batteries, you just open the battery case.

If you don't put them in the charger correctly at night, the next day is a problem.

If you forget it on a trip, you are out of luck.

If you are out and a battery suddenly dies, that's that.

They may improve things, but right now they are just trouble.

Don't agree. The batteries drain very quickly.

How quickly? I have rechargeable and it's a pain to take the charger places and I have to charge overnight every night. Seems like batteries last at least a week.

That said, I do get how the expense of batteries is more expensive than the charger.

I totally don’t agree. I just charge every night. My father is jealous of my rechargeable batteries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the info. I will get him an appointment at Costco and go with him (and of course get him a chicken after ).

Hoping that it will work out.

I usually go for the hot dog and Diet Coke combo.