Need Suggestions in buying a hearing AID for a senior citizen

vercetti

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Hey Guys,
So I need to buy a hearing AID for a senior citizen.
The person is completely deaf from one ear and has 40% reception in the other ear.
So only 1 hearing AID needed for the 40% functioning ear.

Upon doing some research I found that there are a plethora of types available raning from 10K to 200K. Need your help and suggestions for a good plavce in BANGALORE which can help me in choosing the right one.

as of now, I am more inclined towards " Behind the ear" models and my budget is 15k to 50k.

Need a reliable shop/ clinic name as I am too scared to go to random clinic due to the massive commercialization nowadays.

Thanks in advance
 
axeman

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While I do not know a place in Blr, I know you should take your aged relative with you and let them try each on to see their comfort and acceptance of it. Further, at least the ones , I know in Mumbai let you use a trial unit for a few days before you commit to a purchase, this ensures you buy something the person who needs it ise comfortable with.
 
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Thanks @axeman .....While after reading on the net I have understood that it takes some time to adjust to the conditions.
My worry is that with the plethora of the architectures available - I need to first make a choice or reject a few before I can proceed with taking trails. Also, the clinic would need to custom make the ear aid for trail as well so it would be a huge waste if I keep on trying multiple peices.

Any suggestions on which ones to go for from the below for my case?
  1. Behind-the-ear (BTE) aids:
  2. "Mini" BTE (or "on-the-ear") aids:
  3. In-the-ear (ITE) aids:
  4. In-the-canal (ITC) aids and completely-in-the-canal (CIC) aids
 
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We use one by the name of Bernafon or something for my grandfather. BTE and cost us around 18k a few years back. They will have to make custom ear implants by taking measurements just like in case of custom in-ear headphones.
 
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Cool....Thanks a lot guys....
Nowadays there is a new BTE model popular which does not require ear measurements and also allows natural sound to be heard by the user
 
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Someone in my family uses an "invisible" hearing aid made by Starkey. Every month or two she has to go get a battery changed by the doctor, but other than that she has no problems..and it really isn't visible at all.
 
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