Signia hearing aid models, prices, and reviews

Hi, I’m Chris, I guess I’m what you’d call a hearing loss survivor. I’m doing a lot better than I was a little while ago. It was about 5 years ago, I started noticing little things that indicated I had some hearing loss, and that came in the form of having trouble understanding what people might be saying, especially in a crowded environment like a restaurant, understanding TV dialogue, especially when there’s a lot of music or background noise, listening to music, a number of different things. But things really came to terms about 2 years ago when I very suddenly had an onset of tinnitus, so my ears started ringing and it didn’t stop. So it was very concerning to me and very hard to get accustomed to. So I did go and get my ears tested only to discover that I had pretty significant high end loss, my high frequencies, and that’s where a lot of the articulation of words takes place, so the letters K, S, F, P, kinda get blurred together, you don’t hear those clearly, so it makes conversation and dialogue difficult to understand. So over a little bit of time I came to terms with the idea that I needed to get hearing aids. One thing I learned is that with hearing loss over a long period of time, you have a higher chance of experiencing cognitive loss and it was important enough to me to prevent that from happening downstream to say okay I’ve gotta go forward with this. Well I started out on my own finding a provider and I had an experience with one that was actually terrible. They wanted to spend no more than 60 minutes with me to test my ears, give me a diagnosis, and tell me which product I should have, and spend an unbelievable amount of money to do it. So I left there feeling really uncomfortable about it and did some more research and that’s when I found ZipHearing, I got a call from Jeff, right out of the gates he made it clear that he could help me, get, if I did choose that exact same brand he’d help me save well over a thousand dollars on them, which got my attention, but also said he’d put me in touch a provider that would work with me and make sure they were sensitive with my specific needs and took the time to get me into the right product. So I did go forward with that and I found a provider that did just that, spent time really understanding what I needed and pointed me eventually to a product that I’ve been real happy with, it’s Signia, here’s a little charger, and that’s the product in my ear. I’ve been wearing these for about 6 weeks now, I’m pretty darn comfortable with them, that’s what the piece looks like, they go in and out easily, it took me about a day to figure out how to do this without thinking much about it. They’re not super visible, which was nice, I was kind of sensitive to that. I now am having a much better time hearing dialogue, I really really notice this at the end of the day when I go to bed and I take them out, if my wife is still talking to me about anything at that point in the day, I frequently have to ask her to repeat herself, I really notice wow the difference is huge without them. And I just pop them in here at the end of the night, this is the charger, so they charge all night. About once a week I’ve gotta plug this in and give this a charge itself, but I find that the charge lasts, I think there’s been one time where they’ve lost power and I’d not paid attention, there’s a light on here if this has enough juice to charge the actual aids, and I didn’t pay attention to that and they ran out, but they charge very quickly in about 30 minutes you get practically a full charge. So very happy with them, I would recommend these to other people, but I think it’s kind of a personal thing, there are a bunch of different styles that could be purely in ear and so forth so it’s something you need to spend a little time looking into. But overall I would really recommend more than anything else, don’t allow yourself to get pressured, I think there are a lot of vendors and companies in this space that use a lot of fear tactics, and pressure you, and make you pay too much. Take your time, let ZipHearing help you find a provider that will spend the time they need to with you, be really sensitive to what your specific situation is, and in the long run save you an awful lot of money too. So I’m very happy with the decision I made and I wish you luck in doing the same yourself.

Hi, my name is Tim B. and I’m from Louisville, KY. I’m approximately 72 years old. About 5 years ago I received in the mail, as perhaps many of you do, a notification about free hearing tests that are available through local audiologists. I took advantage of that, went in and had a test and confirmed that yes my hearing was now at a moderate level, and also I had some concerns because I have tinnitus in my left ear. I tried one of their products, and about the only products they had available at that time were over the ear, which was not of interest to me at that time. And I thought well maybe in years to come the technology will get better. And what I found in September of this year was that it was in fact getting better. Again I received a notice on a card from Miracle Ear, went in and had a discussion with them and talked about their products. However they were very expensive, and I was quite concerned that the people were not able to address some of my questions and provide additional information about some of their products which I found on the internet. I then went to Oticon and although a better experience, the only thing that they could fit me in, or suggest to me, was what is referred to has a half-shell device and I thought well I’m still seeing a lot of information about better technology and smaller devices. Continuing my research I came across ZipHearing and I had a conversation with them and found out that yes in fact one of their key manufacturers, Signia, was known for making small products and putting a lot of technology in a small device. I likened it very much to how Sony used to do that with many of their electrical audio devices and players and so forth that they had through the years, kind of a specialist in miniaturization. I spoke further with the Zip people and found out that they had a couple of products that I was interested in. One was the Insio device, which is again, a half-shell type device that was gonna fit in my ear, but most interested also in a device they called Silk which fits very much inside the ear. After many conversations with them I was hooked up with an audiologist and I was able to actually try both products and I ended up with the Silk product, and let me share with you what that product looks like. You can see that it is very small and it fits inside my ear. One of the reasons I went with the Silk product is because my, the sound of my voice when I speak was much more normal and natural and they actually have a tip, a vented tip on the device that makes that sound of your own voice much easier and not as offensive as something that’s entirely blocking the ear. I love the small size, I love the natural sound and I found that the battery replacement which I do about every 3-4 days is not a real problem versus rechargeable units that were in the half shell. Some of my wishes would be that there was more options on their app to be able to adjust the various programs, perhaps in the future those features will be added, I think also as a customer being able to label those different programs that are set up by the audiologist would be a great help, right now they’re called Universal, Program 2, Program 3, Program 4. Allowing the customer on the app to be able to input the name of those programs for example Outdoors, Restaurant, Sporting Event, those types of things, certainly also I look to the future when perhaps maybe rechargeability, not having to use the batteries, and Bluetooth technology will be compact and be able to be put into the Silk device. I definitely recommend the Silk product, I look forward as a matter of fact to any new technology with the Silk product they make, and I’ve actually offered my name to the Signia people to be able to test any new products that they might come out with, late newer versions of the Silk product, perhaps with new features and functions and technology. There’s not a lot of information available on the internet that I could find when I was doing comparisons. One I did find that you may be interested in also is a site called HearingTracker.com, that was at least able to compare on a very high level, products from different manufacturers, again it’s at a very high level but it was the only independent site I seemed to be able to find. Overall, one other recommendation is certainly to find an audiologist that you’re comfortable with and will answer your questions. I found it interesting in that, the time I spent with the audiologist is probably more time than I spent with my GP in the last few years. Thank you very much.

Greetings, my name is David H. and I am a recording engineer, as maybe you can see behind me, this is kinda what I do for a living, and I have for 47 years. But as I got older of course, the high frequency in both ears kinda started dropping which is normally just age related, but it got to a point where my mixes weren’t sounding that great because when you’re mixing music, if I can’t hear the high frequencies in what’s happening with the music I tend to add more high frequencies in the mix, and then of course people with hearing that isn’t reduced in the top end they hear it and they go “boy that’s brittle on the top.” So it was getting frustrating and I was hesitant to, I kinda guess call it in denial about wanting to get hearing aids, but I did a bunch of research and I came up with this company called ZipHearing and they just really did me well, they connected me with a fantastic audiologist in the area where I live and I ended up taking home 3 pairs of very good hearing aids to try and I tested them in my studio, robustly, and I came up with a pair that I really like and these are the Signia, I don’t think you can see them well, but they’re Signias and I absolutely just love them. They’re not tinny, I can hear the top end of mixes, my mixes are translated much better out of the studio now than ever before and not only that, professionally, but I can hear my wife’s conversations, in restaurants we can talk, and it’s got a remote control where I can turn off the sides more if I’m talking to someone and there’s too much ambient noise so, for a lot of musician friends I’ve recommended these to and I’m sure they’re calling in because I’ve told them it’s just a game changer for me. So if you’re experiencing some hearing loss, whether you’re a musician, an engineer, or just a regular person that’s having trouble hearing conversations, ZipHearing, fantastic to work with, easy to work with, and I couldn’t be happier, so get get ‘em, thanks.

Hi I’m Gail from Delaware, this is my review of the Signia Charge&Go AX hearing aids. About a year ago I lost most hearing in my left ear. I have some hearing loss in my right ear, but my left ear has too much hearing loss to correct. So I have what’s called a CROS which transfers the left sound to my right ear so I can hear sounds coming from the left also. The Signia Charge&Go AX are small, there’s one for the left ear, one for the right ear, they are easy to use, they have great sound quality, no feedback or static. They are rechargeable, so like a cell phone, plug it in, and I put the hearing aids in at night and they charge overnight and they’re ready in the morning. It also has a cell phone app to adjust volume or direction or for a noisy environment, if I’m in a restaurant or somewhere and there’s just too much background noise I can adjust it to tone that out so I can hear the voices of people that are near me. It also helps in the car, to drown out the noisy environment from the traffic noise. I would highly recommend the Signia Charge&Go AX. I like it, this is my first experience with a hearing aid so I don’t have a lot of others to compare to, but this is working well for me. My advice would be to work with your audiologist to get the best possible hearing aid needed for your particular situation. Thanks

Hi, my name is Debbie and I live in Orlando, FL. I’m a first time hearing aid wearer and I can’t believe how much my life has changed for the better since I started wearing hearing aids. I never thought I had a hearing problem. I knew that I had allergies and that I had fluid in my ear a lot of times but I took some medicine and just kinda cleared it up. But my son and my daughter-in-law were having a baby in July and I was in the hospital with them and he’s screaming for me, and I didn’t even hear him- that it was time for the delivery. So I figured, I’m starting to miss the important things in life, so I better go get my hearing checked. So I went to an ENT thinking okay we just got fluid again, maybe we got some wax, we’ll get some medicine and things will be fine. What I didn’t know was that I had a profound hearing loss in my left ear and my right ear wasn’t much better. So once I got over the shock that I really do have a hearing problem, I then spoke with the audiologist in the ENT’s office and kind of got an idea what type of hearing aids were out there- in the ear, outside the ear, in the canal. I mean I got really confused with all of the different choices and there didn’t seem to be anybody that could help me make an informed decision. So I left the office, didn’t make any decisions at all, and I came home and I talked to some friends who I knew had hearing aids, I did a ton of research on the internet about the different types, the different companies, and during that search I came across a company called ZipHearing, and I’m very glad that I did. That was the company that I ultimately went with, and the hearing aid that I selected was called the Signia C&G T AX, I selected a rose gold model and it works very easily, it just slides over my ear, and the reason I selected the over the ear is because I actually had better sound quality than the other ones that were actually in the canal. I thought at first that I wanted in the ear canal so that nobody would see because I was totally embarrassed that I had to wear hearing aids at my age. But it was explained to me that you hear more of an echo of your own voice when you have the in the ear canal and some of them are uncomfortable. So I’m extremely happy with the over the ear, it sits in, it’s very comfortable, I don’t know it’s there and I’m able to do all of the things I normally do. I go to the gym, I play with my new granddaughter, and I take walks with the dog, so, it’s been excellent for my quality of life. The reason I like the hearing aid, besides the reasons I told you, is that, it has a great charger, it’s very portable and the charge lasts for at least 3 days, because when I went up to see my other grandkids in another state, I forgot the charger, and the battery lasted 3 days, so I like this, it comes with a great kit, you can see where there’s the manuals there, there’s a brushing a cleaning kit that comes with it. And ZipHearing has a unique approach to hearing aids, in that you work with a local provider, and the local provider, I actually had 3 choices, and I selected the one that was not necessarily close to my house but the one that sounded like it would fit me best. So we had a hearing evaluation and we went through the pros and cons of all the different ones and I can’t be happier with the hearing aid that I selected and the way that ZipHearing arranges all of the follow ups for you. So my advice to anybody that is considering hearing aids,is do your research and then don’t be surprised yourself going back to ZipHearing because they’re an excellent company, they’re product is wonderful, and I couldn’t be happier with the choice that I made, thank you.

Hi, my name is Rita and I wear hearing aids. I started noticing a few years back that I was having a lot of trouble in restaurants. I couldn’t hear the people that I was having dinner with, I couldn’t hear them talking if there was noise in the background, if there were people talking around me, or music playing, all I could do was see their lips moving. And so I dealt with that for years and then I started noticing I was having a lot of trouble watching TV at home, if I was watching TV with someone and if they started talking to me, I couldn’t hear the TV, or I couldn’t hear them, I couldn't hear both of them. No matter how loud I turned the TV, if somebody else was talking I just couldn’t hear, and I noticed with my husband and other people there was certain words that I was not understanding. So my first trip was to my ENT doctor and he suggested I have a hearing test, which I did, and the test came back borderline if I needed hearing aids or not. He suggested it’s not borderline, he suggested, for the quality of life, that I needed hearing aids. My husband and I are very active, we go out a lot, and so I’m sure I’ve missed a lot of what people were saying along the way. Well I waited a little while because I didn’t think I’m old enough for hearing aids. Guess what? Hearing doesn’t care about your age. So I went back to the same doctor, and he had another hearing test done, showed the same thing, maybe it had gotten just a little worse. So I decided to look into getting the hearing aids. I went to the audiologist there at the medical facility where my doctors are and I was shocked at the price, I had no idea. They were, I can’t remember, $6500 I believe, I said whoa that’s a lot of money because I’m on Medicare and Medicare will not pay for them, and some secondary insurance will and some won’t, but regardless I didn’t want to pay that much if I didn’t have to, always looking for a deal. So I came home and I started researching and I saw Zip on Google. And I called and within the first ring Jeff Hall picked up. Jeff has been wonderful from that call forward. Jeff explained to me that I could buy the hearing aid from him about $1500 less than I was quoted from the medical facility, and that he would send me to a real audiologist. Well I had doubts about that, wondering is it a real audiologist, because that was important to me. Well, he sent me to a real audiologist within 15 minutes of my house and I love her. She is fabulous. I went in to see Kristy, Dr. Kristy, I went in with a hearing aid brand in mind, only because I have a friend that wears those hearing aids, that’s the only thing I knew about them, I didn’t know anything else. Well Kristy said that that would be fine, but she had rather me look at one other one which was called Signia. This is the charger for Signia, it looks just like my airpod charger, just a little larger. And she told me some of the reasons why and so I said okay I’m willing to try it, I don’t have any love for the other one and this was actually a little less money. She did sell the other one but she just thought I would like this better. Number 1 is this one has a small charger that can go with you and it will charge them even when they’re not plugged in. The other brand had to be plugged in to a desk charger. But this is the hearing aid. It’s very tiny, this sets on top of the ear, and then this goes in your ear. Let me show you. I have one on, if you can see it, it matches my hair so well, but there it is, if you can see it. There’s the hearing aid, and it goes down in my ear, and if you didn’t know I had it on, you’d never know I had it on. And then to put it in the charger it just drops in and that’s all you have to do to charge it. I love them, I loved them from the first minute I put them on. My advice is, when you get them, use them. Put them in. Even if you’re not going anywhere, if you’re gonna be at home alone all day, still put them in to get used to them. I never had a problem getting used to them. I’ve heard of other people that had a problem. Mine were perfectly fine from the moment I put them on. Here was one epiphany I had when I knew that they were working. I came home the first day and I had them on. I went upstairs, I have a sliding glass door off my office. When you open that door it’s attached to our alarm system. I had never heard that door make any kind of sound whatsoever, even though my husband told me that when I open that door it made a chime to say that the door was being opened. Well I argued with him and I would’ve argued to the day I died. Well lo and behold, I came home, opened the slider, and I heard “ding ding” and I was like “what is that?!” I had on my hearing aids, I could hear that high frequency. What an epiphany. I couldn’t believe it. I took the hearing aids off, I tried the slider, I heard nothing. Put the hearing aids back on, tried the slider, and “ding ding ding” so that showed me a lot. I had these over Christmas is when I got them so we went to a lot of holiday parties, I could hear people, out to dinner I could hear people, didn’t feel like I was missing everything. So I love mine, it’s the best purchase, I happen to have Signia, my brand is Signia, and I love them. I would recommend them if you’re having problems hearing and I would also recommend calling Jeff at ZipHearing, if you wanna save some money and still have good hearing aids, that’s the way to do it. Okay enjoy the rest of your day, bye.