Hearing loss support - Oticon Syncro anyone

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Oticon Syncro anyone

Bishfish

2004-08-26, 7:12 pm

I've been reading a lot about Oticon's new Syncro with "artificial
intelligence." It was mentioned in Popular Science magazine and their website
is pretty slick. I tried one today but couldn't tell if it was really that
good. They offered to let me try it out for a day next week. I was quoted a
cost of $6500 for two BTE which includes a $1000.00 rebate if I turn in my old
hearing aids.(Yikes! That means 7500 without the trade-in). Has anyone out
there tried this baby? I have a severe to mild reverse slope hearing loss
(severe in the low frequencies). I can not understand speech with any
background noise at all and I've been searching for at least 10 years for
something. Thanks in advance for your responses.

Serpent

2004-08-26, 7:12 pm

On 26 Aug 2004 22:13:02 GMT, bishfish@aol.com (Bishfish) wrote:

>I've been reading a lot about Oticon's new Syncro with "artificial
>intelligence." It was mentioned in Popular Science magazine and their website
>is pretty slick. I tried one today but couldn't tell if it was really that
>good. They offered to let me try it out for a day next week. I was quoted a
>cost of $6500 for two BTE which includes a $1000.00 rebate if I turn in my old
>hearing aids.(Yikes! That means 7500 without the trade-in). Has anyone out
>there tried this baby? I have a severe to mild reverse slope hearing loss
>(severe in the low frequencies). I can not understand speech with any
>background noise at all and I've been searching for at least 10 years for
>something. Thanks in advance for your responses.

That sounds about $2500 on the high side!

I have a pair of Siemens 3P Trianos, that can do everything that you
need. Most people would probably consider the 5K price I paid too
high, but I also got unlimited visits to a Very qualified
audiologists, and total replacement if I even lose them!

Good Luck to you!

Best Regards,
Serpent

Ralph Henrichs

2004-08-26, 10:09 pm

My dad just paid a medical clinic $5000 for two new Syncro aids, no
trade. Wis.

Bishfish wrote:
> I've been reading a lot about Oticon's new Syncro with "artificial
> intelligence." It was mentioned in Popular Science magazine and their website
> is pretty slick. I tried one today but couldn't tell if it was really that
> good. They offered to let me try it out for a day next week. I was quoted a
> cost of $6500 for two BTE which includes a $1000.00 rebate if I turn in my old
> hearing aids.(Yikes! That means 7500 without the trade-in). Has anyone out
> there tried this baby? I have a severe to mild reverse slope hearing loss
> (severe in the low frequencies). I can not understand speech with any
> background noise at all and I've been searching for at least 10 years for
> something. Thanks in advance for your responses.

Jerry

2004-08-29, 10:11 pm

I just got 2 Oticon Syncro CIC on Friday. These are my first hearing
aids, ever. My cost through Ahearingaid.com was just under $5000
including my audiologist, for two. Don't know about their network
audiologists in other areas, but in the Denver are, they have been
great so far.

noone

2004-08-31, 11:11 am

One of the benefits of tha aid is its transparancy... don't expect to "hear"
it working, the enginmeers went to great strides to make it transparent.
Since you have no experience with hearing instruments, it means you have no
"yardstick" by which to compare.
However, no instrument can replace nerves that are dead, malfunctioning
etc., it may be that your residual hearing won't allow "perfect" speech
discrimination.
Tom
"Saul Cohen" <sjcohen@cableone.net> wrote in message
news:10j04p2g64dq29e@corp.supernews.com...
>I bought the Oticon Syncro BTE for $5K. These are my first hearing aids,
> and I have worn them for about 6 weeks.
>
> While I see improvement in overall sound level and can hear better in
> general conversation and small conferences at work, I have yet to
> experience
> any breathtaking "artificial intelligence" where the aids use directional
> hearing to subdue background noises, like voices behind me in a moderately
> crowded restaurant.
>
> I wonder if I am just expecting too much. I don't have the experience
> with
> hearing aids in order to make a comparison.
>
> If it is of any help, here are my audiometric readings. I lost my hearing
> suddenly from either a virus or an auto immune illness.
>
> Hz Rt Ear Lft Ear
>
>
>
> 250 50 30
>
> 500 50 15
>
> 1000 60 30
>
> 1500 60 65
>
> 2000 60 70
>
> 4000 55 65
>
> 6000 45 65
>
> 8000 65 60
>
> Best wishes.
>
> Saul
>
>
> "Bishfish" <bishfish@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:20040826181302.23168.00004393@mb-m07.aol.com...
> website
> that
> quoted a
> old
> out
>
>

Victoria Coll

2004-08-31, 11:11 am

On 29 Aug 2004 16:17:26 -0700, diverjc@hotmail.com (Jerry) wrote:

>I just got 2 Oticon Syncro CIC on Friday. These are my first hearing
>aids, ever. My cost through Ahearingaid.com was just under $5000
>including my audiologist, for two. Don't know about their network
>audiologists in other areas, but in the Denver are, they have been
>great so far.

Please keep us posted on how you make out with these new aids.
Are they comfortable?
Are they visible in your ears from the side?
Since these are your first aids, it will take some time to get used to
the sound.

VC