Starkey Livio
COSTS, REVIEWS, MODELS

What we love about Livio
Starkey’s best-in-class feedback cancellation ensures your hearing aids won’t make that annoying whistling sound that so many hearing aids do.
Connects directly to your iOS®, and select Android™ devices so you can stream audio in excellent quality directly to your hearing aids.
Lithium-ion battery technology ensures you can comfortably enjoy a full day of hearing, including streaming from your favorite devices. Simply set your hearing aids in their charger at night, and you'll wake up to fully-powered devices in the morning.
Included with your purchase
Don’t settle for less- or “remote support.” To get the best performance out of your hearing aids you need local care. It’s why Starkey recommends it, right on their website. Your purchase includes 1 year of unlimited appointments with your local ZipHearing provider. After your first year of ownership, additional appointments with your local ZipHearing provider are (at the most) $65 each.
Wear your hearing aids for 45 days. If they don’t change your life, simply bring them back to your local ZipHearing provider and we’ll issue a 100% refund. No restocking fees. No fine print.
Your purchase includes a manufacturer’s 3 year warranty covering repairs, and loss and damage. If a hearing aid is lost or damaged beyond repair during the warranty period, your ZipHearing provider can file what is called a “Loss and Damage Claim” for you, and a new device will be issued, subject to a deductible payable to your hearing provider of $350/aid.
Cleaning and maintenance supplies like domes and wax filters are included with your order, and your hearing provider will show you how to use them. If your hearing aids take disposable batteries, we’ll include a year's supply. If your hearing aids are rechargeable, we’ll include a charger.
We offer 12 month interest-free financing through CareCredit. We also offer payment plans of up to 60 months, though interest does apply. Setting up your financing takes just minutes, and a ZipHearing team member will help you through the process.
How Livio fits

Amazing sound quality and connectivity
Livio AI was most well-known for being the more affordable alternative to Starkey's (at the time flagship model), Livio AI.
There are sometimes good reasons to purchase an outdated model, but in most cases we'd recommend taking a look at the newer model.
Livio at a glance
Sales popularity of Livio vs.
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Relative sales popularity of Starkey models over time, based on our internal sales data. Updated weekly. Click on a model name to remove/bring back it from the chart comparsion
Sales stats for Livio
Based on our internal sales data. Updated daily.
Starkey's product naming convention
Livio tech levels our customers buy
Based on internal sales data. Updated daily.
Tech level | % of sales |
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Livio 2400 | 42.8% |
Livio 2000 | 22.1% |
Livio 1600 | 25.5% |
Livio 1200 | 4.8% |
Livio 1000 | 4.8% |
Starkey Livio models
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Starkey Livio 2400 vs 2000 & more
This is a heavily abbreviated chart designed to focus only on the key differences between models. Features that exist across all technology are not listed below unless they`re necessary to provide context for other features listed. Swipe right to see more features, tap on a feature to read its description.
Model | 1000 | 1200 | 1600 | 2000 | 2400 |
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Sales popularity | 4.8% | 4.8% | 25.5% | 22.1% | 42.8% |
Return rate | 15.4% | 7.7% | 7.2% | 16.7% | 11.2% |
Tech level | Economy | Low | Mid | Advanced | Premium |
Channels | 10 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
Speech in Noise Reduction | 6 dB | 6 dB | 6 dB | 8 dB | 20 dB |
Wind Noise Reduction | 7 dB | 7 dB | 7 dB | 15 dB | 30 dB |
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Spatial speech enhancement |
*some features may not apply to all models on this page
For a more detailed comparison, see Starkey`s feature matrix
Helpful resources from Starkey
Starkey Livio reviews

I was almost in tears
Hi, my name is Steve, I’m making this little video to kinda show you what my experience has been with hearing aids. I’m 72 years old and as far as hearing loss I’ve probably had it for some time but, these hearing aids now I finally just made the leap to get these, in, I guess it was late November of 2019, so they’re only what 3 months old or something. But my experience has been positive so far. The brand I chose is Starkey, and I’ll show you, I’ve got them on right now and I’ll just swing this thing around here and hopefully you can see them over my ear. So you can see they’re pretty discreet, you can hardly see that they’re there. I wouldn’t care if you could see them or not, because I need them, but anyway, and I’ll take these off in a minute and show you what they look like without being installed over my ear. Why did I choose this hearing aid? I chose the Starkey because of the ability to make adjustments to them on the phone app, so, it’s just handy that way. And I don’t think all of them come with that, the different brands, but this one did, and also because it’s rechargeable. Here’s the case that they come in and it’s got the little mini USB port in the back that plugs in and it holds at least a 2 or 3 day charge in it when its unplugged so I can take it with me when I’m on the road. The hearing aids are magnetized in that little rechargeable area , they fit right in there and they won't fall out. What do I like about them? They’re comfortable, good sound quality, the app is easy to use and they are rechargeable. What do I not like about it? There’s really nothing that’s bothersome. The little retention tail, and I’ll show you that when I take them off here in a second, they call it a retention tail or a sport clip that’s supposed to hold them in a little more secure, if your doing exercising. I had some trouble with that in the beginning, just getting them to stay in the position that they’re meant to be in. When I talked to Starkey about it they said, if you don’t need it to retain them and the hearing aids stay in place without it, just take them off and that’s really simple to do. Would I recommend them to a friend? Yes. When I first put them on, I was almost in tears I couldn’t believe how much I could hear with them on and how much I’d been missing over the years, so yeah I’d definitely recommend them. What is the number one piece of advice I’d give to someone that’s purchasing hearing aids? Well I went to three different providers, to see, to get tested, and the third one was the one that I found to be, the people that I felt most comfortable with. As far as ZipHearing, I placed the order through the provider that was going to fit them, and then everything worked out just fine. But I would recommend going to two or three different people to get your ears tested, your hearing tested, because you may find a better fit with one of them than with another. And the only problem I’ve ever had and it isn’t Starkeys, or any hearing aid manufacturer’s fault, but with this covid-19 and you’re wearing a mask, you have to be really careful when you’re taking the mask off so you don’t get it caught in the hearing aid and have it dislodged and come out of your ear and lose it. I’ve been real fortunate I haven’t lost anything but I have gotten them caught a couple times where they’ve come out of my ear. I’ll take them out right now and show you what they look like. Really small, I don’t know how to describe it, it’s probably about an inch long and maybe a half inch wide and maybe 3/16ths of an inch thick, but, and that little tail hanging down right here is what I’m talking about. When you put this thing on it kinda flips in your ear like a little kickstand, you curl it up and put it in the bottom of your ear, sometimes it just wants to go the wrong way for some reason, but that happened during the first month and since then I haven’t seemed to have a problem with it. I’ll take the other one off, that’s the same thing, show you what they look like just laying there, and that’s it. So hopefully the review is giving you some information that’s useful.
Written Reviews
Not very durable
Aids do not keep the sound levels
May hearing aid person says it's not the fault of the hearing aid, but rather an Apple problem. I don't buy that. Why can Starkey not get together with Apple, since they know of the problem? These here, all of the sudden are dead on one side or the other.
Then there is the malfunctioning of either side when I listen to a Video. The sound comes in either on the left, or on the right, or not at all. Also, Phone calls are a pain! The sound sound does NOT come in on BOTH ears! IT HAPPENS ALL OF THE TIME!!! I wished I had chosen the battery operated hearing aids. At least they work all day, until the battery gets low.
Bottom line: I have to make do with these hearing aids until Jaunuary 2022, when I can buy new ones with the help of our insurance. SO NO, I AM NOT SATISFIED.
Background noise is cut down
Better than expected
Sound quality is good, some issues
Happy with them
Comfortable and reliable
Good, still getting used to them
Amazing
Best I've had in 10 years
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If you have second generation Amazon Fire TV Cube, you can stream audio directly from the TV to Livio hearing aids. If not, you'll need Starkey's TV Streamer accessory to stream audio.
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