Hearing Aids

@lloydc 

so what brands do you recommend for listening to music?

@larsman thats an interesting Costco comment.  I don’t want to cause any issue for the Techs, as I suspect they don’t determine what the store carries, but I will speak to management.

  I have dealt with 2 Audiologists outside of Costco, one of whom is a family friend who works for a private practice , the other at a tertiary care medical center .  They are both in their mid twenties and don’t know diddle about music reproduction.  They both insisted that I buy the hearing aids associated with their practices.  I’d like to find an independent audiologist that gives a hoot about music lovers and who has experience with a variety of different companies.  I could do a Zoom consultation; they could at least see my audiogram and at least discuss different brands.  Heck, considering this is a $5K and up purchase, I could even travel a distance if they are located somewhere worth visiting 

@mahler123 - that's not a bad idea about a Zoom consultation. 

More than a few audiologists are musicians themselves and understand more 'audiophile' needs.

As far as hearing aids being designed only for speech, for most hearing aids, that is just not so. Most any good hearing aid today (audiologist hearing aid, I don't know about the OTC ones) has multiple programs - for speech in noisy settings, speech in quiet settings, music, television, and a number of other options, and you can work with the audiologist on setting up a music (or any other kind of) program that works for you; mine has a 'music' program which also works well for speech on the TV, plus it has an EQ of sorts where I can adjust low, mid, and high frequencies to some extent, and I've found that quite useful. 

I've also got a pair of in-ear hearing aids for headphone listening....

Larsman....what HA do you have?

@signaforce 

Thanks for the reply.  I guess it’s time to see the audiologist again.

@troutbum - I'm currently using the latest Jabra hearing aids from Costco; they were about $1500/pair, plus another $60 or so for custom earmolds. I'm quite happy with them as far as ease of use and sound.