Which brand of hearing aid is the best? None of them! I always hate reading “reviews” that rate one company better than another. There are 6 major worldwide manufacturers of hearing aids. I work with ALL of them. Every single one of them offers different levels of high-quality hearing aids. While each of them may offer slightly different approaches to helping to improve your hearing, the end result is most dependent on how well the hearing aids are programmed for you, not the name on the hearing aids. Sometimes the name on the hearing aid is NOT who made the hearing aid. For instance, Audibel, Beltone, Miracle Ear, and Costco’s Kirkland Brand hearing aids are all built by one of the Big 6 manufacturers and then private labeled. None of those companies build hearing aids and sometimes they lock the device so you cannot get a second opinion or repair service.
The most important thing you can do is seek the advice of a professional who is looking out for your best interests, not telling you their hearing aid is better than all the rest. For you to be successful with prescription fit hearing aids, you must have a proper hearing evaluation, be counseled on the level of technology that will likely fit your lifestyle the best, and then be properly fitted and verified. Using real ear verification, like we do with our Visual Hearing Scan, allows us to dial the hearing instrument into your ear and hearing loss.
