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Hi, my name is Paul. I'm 65 years old and I've been considering hearing aids for about five years. I've contacted several audiologists and hearing aid companies over the five years. I've gone for hearing tests, and they've all told me that hearing aids would be beneficial, but I've been turned off by the cost of the hearing aids. So about a year and a half ago, I purchased a over-the-counter completely in the canal hearing aid. I tried it out for several weeks. They were kind of uncomfortable. They didn't help me intensely with my hearing loss in loud environments, when I'm speaking with someone. They did provide feedback with the hearing aids, and they also amplified all of the background noises, so they really weren't that good. I was always interested in something completely in the air so it would be hidden. I didn't want people seeing my hearing aids. I was always kind of self-conscious of that. But anyway, I contacted a very large online hearing aid company about nine months ago, and I spoke with several reps over 2 or 3 months, and one of them in particular gave me a lot of details about hearing aids. She told me all about the different types of hearing aids, and she basically talked me out of a completely in the air hearing aid and told me that I should go with a receiver in the canal hearing aid, that it's a much better hearing aid, and it has a lot more aspects and can clear quiet the background noise and increase the speech and she said that that is the way to go.
So we talked for quite a long time, and I told her that due to my some of my scheduling, I would call her back in, you know, about 3 or 4 weeks and set something up. So we had been talking about the Signia seven IX charge and go hearing aid and that's what I had researched and that was designed to help with speech enhancement and loud backgrounds. So that's what I had my heart set on when I called her back to make the appointment. She quoted me the same price, and I wanted to confirm that we were talking about the Signia charge and go seven IX hearing aid. Then she told me no, no, this is the seven AX hearing aid. Well, I really didn't know anything about the seven AX hearing aid, and I kind of looked into that a little bit, and I realized that it's a lower technology, and I didn't think it would help me with my hearing problem with being able to hear a conversation and say, restaurants or any place where there's a lot of background noise. But she did talk me into trying the seven AX's, because the seven IX's were like $3,300 more than the price that she quoted me, which, that's really all we talked about was the seven IX. But all of a sudden now I'm getting the seven AX.
She never gave me the real price on the seven IX, so she convinced me to try it for 45 days, a 45 free trial period and I agreed to do that and I did do that. I did try the AX's, and they just really didn't help me the way I had hoped. So I contacted the company and I tried to get a better pricing on the seven IX. I felt it was kind of misleading and how that's all we talked about, and they gave me a price, but the price was on something that we didn't talk about and anyway, long story they would not budge on the price. So, I basically returned to the hearing aids and I again was looking online for hearing aids, and I came across Zip Hearing. Well, I wanted to try something a little different. I wanted to try this Signia Styletto Seven IX. They have the same technology as the Signia charge and go Seven IX, but they just look a lot more modern, they look nicer. They look sleek, they don't look like a hearing aid. I'll show you a picture of what I have. So, I saw, I came across a Zip Hearing online, and I was shocked at the pricing. The pricing was much lower than the last major online hearing aid competitor, and I almost thought it was, you know, not real. But I went ahead and decided to make an appointment, and I did make an appointment.
I met with an audiologist. He was great. He gave me a hearing aid test. We discussed the hearing aids, and I said, I'm calling just to check on the price. I just can't believe the price. He said, well, let me get a hold of Zip Hearing and confirm the price with the company. So he did that. He called them up, and sure enough, the price was as quoted online. It was a very, very reasonable price, much lower than the last company was offering me, actually, 50% lower. And, so he ordered the hearing aids and when they came in, I went back and tried them on and they are just incredible. They've been perfect. I love how they feel, how they look, and mostly how they work with improving, being able to have a conversation while I'm at a restaurant or in a meeting room with a lot of noise in the background, they work tremendously better than the seven AX. The AX just did not work that well. The seven IX and the stiletto design is beautiful and I love it. Let me show you a picture here of what they look like. There are really great hearing aids, and I really highly recommend the Signa brand hearing aid and I highly recommend going through Zip Hearing for your hearing aids. They've treated me great and they have a very fair price and thank you very much.