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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you really sure it is a mild hearing loss? If it is you might not have noticed. By the time other people notice the hearing loss in high frequencies is more than mild.

If you have a copy of his audiogram then look to see how many decibels is his hearing loss?
Mild hearing loss: 25 to 40 dB 
Moderate hearing loss: 40 to 55 dB 
Moderate-to-severe hearing loss: 55 to 70 dB
Severe hearing loss: 70 to 90 dB 
Profound loss: 90 dB or more

Costco is really good if you are motivated to wear hearing aids and good with technology in terms of replacing batteries every few days and or recharging them. I took my mother to get hearing aids at Costco several years ago and she only intermittently wore them. The people working there were great, no sales push, and the prices was the really good compared to her audiologist. We all noticed a huge difference when she wore them but she said she found them hard to put in somedays and had trouble remembering to recharge them every night. I really wish we had pushed her more to wear hearing aids because it is a huge risk factor for dementia, which she now has.

Costco however does NOT sell Phonic Lyric hearing aids which are hearing aids that the audiologist inserts and then they stay in for 8 weeks (this can range from 6 weeks to 10 weeks depending on battery life). You cannot tell a person is wearing them since they are inside ear canal. My mother is still vain and loves this about them. [b]She still doesn't want other people to know she wears hearing aids.[/b] They don't need to be charged ever or inserted daily. You sleep in them, shower in them, and can do everything in them except swim. I finally got my mom Lyric hearing aids and she loves them. They don't use the latest technology since they are disposable so you can't adjust them or use bluetooth and they are analog not digital. For her they are perfect.

Only about 10 % of audiologist have the training to sell them and they are more expensive than regular hearing aids because you pay a yearly fee. My mom pays $3600 a year. I really think they are totally worth $300 a month for her. I really wish she got them years ago. 
https://www.phonak.com/en-us/hearing-devices/hearing-aids/lyric[/quote]

This is such a puerile, absurd mentality. It's to your benefit if others know you can't hear well. They'll make more of an attempt to make themselves understood. Is your mother a child? WTAF. What a ditz.[/quote]

Too many women feel the same way. When I visit my mother in her independent /assisted living community I notice many men wearing hearing aids but nowhere near as many men. Everyone there can most likely afford hearing aids because it is expensive to live there. Growing up in the time frame these ladies did where appearances were valued it isn’t surprising many women feel that way.

According to the NIH In 2021, among adults aged ≥45 years, men were more likely to use a hearing aid than were women (9.2% versus 5.5%). This pattern was found in all age groups: 3.0% of men versus 1.4% of women among those aged 45–64 years, 12.3% versus 5.7% among those aged 65–74 years, 26.7% versus 13.7% among those aged 75–84 years, and 39.5% versus 31.5% among those aged ≥85 years. Among both men and women, the percentage who use a hearing aid increased with age.

Sources: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2021 [/quote]

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