You often see hearing aids in drugstores, online, hospitals, roadside stores, large chain stores, I'll give you an analysis of each of these places to compare, where to buy more reliable.
1, the drugstore: Most drugstores sell analog hearing aids, by the drugstore staff part-time, mainly selling hearing aids. Their hearing aids are cheap, usually around a few hundred dollars. These hearing aids can only be simply adjusted, are very ineffective, and are prone to secondary damage to hearing. Although most pharmacies selling hearing aids are unreliable, there are a few pharmacies that have professional fitters and fitting assessment tools.
2, online stores: Online shopping for hearing aids and drugstores have a lot of similarities, the majority of analog machines. The price is quite cheap, the effect is the same as the drugstore, can not meet the hearing needs of most people. In addition, there are some digital machines online. The online store according to the test software simple version of the audiogram obtained for the first debugging and mailing, the later need to communicate with the owner of the store many times to "guess", debugging effect is mediocre. The debugging process is troublesome, and after-sales service is cumbersome and time-consuming.
3, hospital: First of all, hearing aids are Class II medical devices, the state does not allow the hospital system agent sales. Currently, most of the hearing aids sold in hospitals are contracted by hearing aid dealers, and most of the dispensers are employees of the dealers, not hospital medical staff; and in hospitals, hearing aids are sold at the original price, with no basic discounts. Because the hospital is "an inch of gold, an inch of land", most of the workplace is small, noisy environment, a lot of after-sales work is not capable of or no place to do, so has been equipped with hearing aids can only be transferred to the outside of the store to do the after-sales, the site experience is poor. Of course, there are also a few hospitals have audiology clinics, doctors can test and fit hearing aids.
4, individual organizations: Individual businesses generally have dealer training, a little more professional. There are many types of hearing aids, analog and digital machines, discounts, but need to have the "market bargaining power". Otherwise, it is very easy for one person to pay the same price, the quality of the staff varies, and the work is casual. It is not uncommon to go home for lunch. In terms of this year's epidemic, how many small doors fell on the beach, individual businesses.
In summary, a large chain store fitting hearing aids is the best choice, and then debugging by professional fitters to recommend a suitable hearing aid to optimize the effect of hearing aids.