Recommendations for hearing aids

I started with a Dr.'s prescription for a test and a copy of the test report from an Audiologist.

I am lucky that Audicus has a NYC store I could go to, they have other locations, but not that many.

https://www.audicus.com/new-york-city-ny/

I took the 100 day risk free trial, and checked other options during that trial.

I joined Costco, because their hearing aid setup is very good, they now offer 4 brands (3 when I compared), the top models only. Price was significantly less than other sources.

https://www.costco.com/f/-/hearing-aid-center

The chargers and software you can control with a smartphone varies a bit.

My final choice was Audicus Omni Series 2, slightly more than Costco, they work best with my phone. After an initial period to get used to them, they were able to make an adjustment remotely.

A friend of mine recently had his hearing greatly compromised. The solution was a very close collaboration between he and his audiologist for fit and for the sonic settings. If you are having trouble making out and picking out speech from the background it is likely the solution will not be neutral as you might like for music but one contoured for speech recognition. I would recommend finding a good and sympathetic audiologist to work closely with to get the right product and fit. This isn't a commodity where you want to save money... you want a very customized personalized solution. 

There is a good discussion on this already:

JJD

this is the software that you use on your smartphone for my Audicus Omni Series 2; Philips has their own similar software, all modern ones do, it becomes easy after a bit of practice

https://www.unitron.com/content/dam/echo/user-guides/hearing-remote-app/v2/SON_UserGuide_HearingRemoteApp_EN_029-6232-02_v2.0.pdf

They have one setup called ’Live Music’ which I use when listening to music in an audience or listening to my system.

I used this while considering Philips from Costco

https://www.hearingsolutions.philips.com/en-us/products/HearLink-2-app

My Audicus/Android phone use both the mic and the speaker of my hearing aids for phone calls, so I can leave the phone on my desk and walk to another room, and the person can hear me, with some, you might hear, but it needs the mic in the phone for them to hear you, and you left it in the other room.

Thanks Upshift. I should have searched first.