Why are hearing aids so expensive?

Hello, at present, more than 95% of the hearing aids on the market are digital, the other 5% less than the analog hearing aids due to the backwardness of the technology, distortion, poor comfort and other reasons may be in the next 1 ~ 2 in the market completely disappeared. So we will only introduce you to digital hearing aids here. Digital hearing aids are based on a digital signal processing platform (DSP) that inputs and outputs sound, retaining as much realism and naturalness as possible. the DSP eliminates noise, feedback, and interfering sounds from answering the phone, and at the same time automatically adapts to the environment, stores the user's hearing information and the use of hearing aids, and even connects wirelessly with cell phones, computers, and TVs. Digital hearing aids according to their practicality and performance can be divided into popular, economic, comfortable and multi-functional type, the price difference is relatively huge, from five or six hundred dollars to two or three million dollars ranging. As for how much money is appropriate for you to wear hearing aids, you have to go to a professional hearing aid fitting center to experience, first of all, to hear clearly and comfortably after you wear hearing aids, and then combined with your living environment, social interaction, work, hobbies, and their own financial situation and other factors to make a decision.

Popular digital hearing aids are generally priced at more than $500 to more than $2,000, which are more suitable for people with severe hearing loss who are in poorer financial situations, and can help them return to the "talking world" from the "silent world". The hearing aids can help them hear speech and simple environmental sounds that they would not otherwise be able to hear, but the comfort level is not high, the signal resolution is poor, and the effect is not ideal for patients with sensorineural and mixed hearing loss who have poor speech discrimination ability, or for those who are engaged in multi-person conversations, outdoor activities, and watching TV or making phone calls.

Economic digital hearing aids are generally priced at more than 2,000 yuan to more than 4,000 yuan, divided into 3 to 4 channels / bands of sound compression processing, can make the sound sound clearer and more natural, you can set up 2 to 3 programs suitable for use in a few simple life scenarios, but in the noisier, called the complexity of the life scenarios (such as watching TV, parties, supermarkets, vegetable stores, etc.) in the use of the effect is still not ideal, is more suitable for medium-sized patients with speech discrimination and mixed hearing loss, or for multiple conversations, outdoor activities, and watching TV, making phone calls. Still not ideal, it is more suitable for the elderly group with moderate or higher hearing loss, quieter living environment and less social activities.

Comfort digital hearing aids are generally priced at more than 4,000 yuan to more than 8,000 yuan, divided into 5 to 6 channels / bands of sound compression processing, can make the sound sound clearer and more natural; noise reduction function, you can eliminate interference with the noise to improve the signal-to-noise ratio; part of the manufacturers also have an "open-ear" selection of technical hearing aids, reduce the mild and moderate hearing loss, and reduce the number of hearing aids. Some manufacturers also have "open ear" technology hearing aids, which reduces the sense of congestion for users with mild to moderate hearing loss. Most of the comfort hearing aids have a data storage function, which can record the user's use of the process, so that the dispenser can easily fine-tune the commissioning of the later service. Setting up multiple programs to adapt to more complex living environments, such as watching TV, shopping in supermarkets and grocery stores, friends' gatherings, meetings, etc., is more suitable for middle-aged and elderly people with moderate or higher hearing loss and more social activities, as well as for some deaf children with limited financial conditions.

Multifunctional hearing aids are generally priced at around 10,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan, applying the latest technology, diversified functions and personalization. There are products designed for speech rehabilitation of deaf children, products designed for young people who pursue fashion and products designed for successful people with high quality of life requirements. These hearing aids are divided into 8 to 20 channels/frequency bands to refine the sound compression processing, to maintain the original sound to the greatest extent possible, listening natural and comfortable, and can automatically adapt to a variety of living environments. There are also some products that incorporate a lot of fashionable elements, such as personalized appearance, dazzling colors, miniature and compact, wireless communication, etc., to help hearing-impaired people return to the mainstream society and enjoy a wonderful "sound" life.

We hope that through our above introduction, combined with your own requirements for the quality of life, you can choose the hearing aid that makes you happy.