Top 4 Amazon Hearing Aids | Audio Lab Review

Did you know you can easily purchase inexpensive hearing aids right from Amazon? While a pair traditional medical-grade hearing can easily cost over $4000, most of the hearing aids on Amazon cost $200—or less! But, are they even real hearing aids? And, how do they stack up against their medical-grade rivals? To find out, we ordered Amazon's four top "best seller" hearing aids and put them to the test in HearingTracker's audio lab. So grab a pair of headphones, and get ready to audition these cheap Amazon hearing aids for yourself. You be the judge!

00:00 Intro
01:08 About FDA Classification
02:13 Audien Hearing Atom
02:58 EarCentric hearing aids
03:44 Autiphon U0 hearing aids
04:31 HSKlock hearing aids
05:14 Lab tests / hear for yourself
08:58 Summary of the results

Products reviewed:
HSKlock: No longer for sale!
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Steve Taddei is a Doctor of Audiology and recording engineer at HearingTracker.

#hearing, #hearingloss #hearingaids

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[andyprice]

At the end of the day hearing aid should not be $2000

[jamesford]

Very well done and informative.
Excellent presentation. People
Don't realize how much work
Went into making this video

[headlightvideotraining]

The Autiphone U0 was the best of all the amazon earspeakers.

[LovelyQueenLynn]

Even after my insurance, hearing aids will cost me over 4000$, thats ridiculous considering they cost no more than 20$ to manufacture. I should be allowed to have hearing aids that work and are affordable. I flip off audiologists who think the current pricing is acceptable.

[Dogsnark]

I thought the $5000 aid was the worst in a noisy setting. The cheapest one was the best in my judgment. I recently purchased the Audien Atom Pro and find it helpful in normal conversation in a quiet setting. It doesn’t suppress background noise in a noisy setting. I won’t be using any hearing aid to listen to music, so I don’t care about the performance of these for music.

[austntexan]

This is all so frustrating for my Dad. He's got a prescription set and they're terrible. He's so burned out on the process of getting fitted again that it's difficult to get him into the clinic again. I was hoping for something inexpensive and easy to help him. I guess there really isn't a shortcut to all of this. Good review. Thank you for putting this up and saving us more frustration.

[physicstone]

I paid $4200 for the Starkey hearing aids from my audiologist. I tried two others from Costco, but they were tinny and cheap sounding. I spent the money to get the ones I liked. I am very happy with them.

[alanparks]

I’ve tried some of these cheap devices from Amazon, and returned them quickly. Went to Beltone, got a real series of exams, and hearing aids fitted. They’re incredible. Not cheap, but worth every penny.

[marvcabatic]

For me, the Audien Atom works for my needs. This testing mode is very good, but in my estimation, it seemed that the prescribed hearing aid didn't sound that good. It's somewhat difficult since not all individuals hear things at the same level as others. What might work for some individuals may not work for others, since we're all not born in the same specifications as others. I guess it should be said that the final decision should be made by the user of such devices, since it'd be based on that person's specific individual needs. IMHO... I can't afford to spend thousands of dollars on a hearing device, if it's affordable and works good for my needs... I'm buying it!

[williamwaters]

I have the Audien Atom Pro. The charged battery last a long time and they are rechargeable. There is a volume control dial on the amplifier which is turned with a small screwdriver. There are no other settings. They absolutely amplify sound; however, for me everything sounds like it is in a high frequency range. They come with 3 different sized ear domes, the smallest dome is somewhat tight for my ear. However, this is my first experience with an OTC hearing assisted device and I expected too much. I hope to buy a better set in the future. This was a very helpful video.

[cj]

This helped me a lot. The Autiphon sounded the best. Think I'll try them. Thanks

[ReferenceFidelityComponents]

The autiphon U0 was clearly the best Amzon one imho, with the prescription one being best on music due to the higher frequency performance. The rest were poor and two of the other three made things less clear and worse for my hearing. This is a minefield as I don't believe expensive ones are worth the money and so many cheaper ones are just rebrands of cheap Chinese sound amplifiers rather than proper calibrated hearing aids. The compromise is a digital one with high sampling frequency that works to at kleast 8KHz but how to find out as few I've seen publish specifications. If they did, no one would buy them! I no longer use my pr4escription hearing aid as it is a 10 year old analogue one which suffers from feedback and lag, creating echo. It was a seimens hearing aid.

[tyriedle]

I bought my amazone hearing aids with eàr centric Bluetooth on them for 300.00 dollars I get them on friday I can't wait I'm excited to hear again.

[censored]

I spent over $3, 000 USD for a pair of HAs made by Phonak. One of them died after two weeks. So I turned them in for a set made by Oticon. One of them died after six months. I had it sent in for warranty repair, got it back, but it's still unusable. I've been without HAs for two weeks now, and counting. My conclusion is that prescription HAs are grossly overpriced trash. Going back-and-forth to the audiologist constantly is also a genuine hassle. My advice to new users is to buy OTC HAs straight away. If they work sufficiently well for you, you're done. If they help, but not enough, get prescription HAs. You will still be glad you have the OTC HAs as a backup.

[Bob_Adkins]

A couple of these (Audien and Autiphon) sounded great! Thanks to you, I can avoid the hearing aid cartel!

[AntonioIndelicato]

Hearing is not luxory! Hearing aids devices are way too expensive! People affected are really in need. Cost of devices should be cut down especially the prescription ones. I feel awful going to an hearing specialist thinking of the procedures I’ll be going through! The cost then the maintanance of the devices themselves, I mean repairings, adjustments etc…it’s a terrible nightmare! Wish there will be a cure for hearing loss in the future!

[terryburton]

I head a pair of Audien Atom hearing aids for one week, one bud didn't work, emailed them, then called, after talking with a rep. they talked me thru a fix.
After a week of trying to adjust them, one of the buds volume controls could not be adjusted.
Contacted them, they requested I send them back.
That was a week ago, today I received an email informing me that a refund was on the way.
I had them two weeks!
This is a good video

[noormotani]

I am in Canada. Last week I had audiology test. The clinic tried one hearing aid and then recommended in canal one custom made with another external device called Roger. The cost $7500 after applying loyalty discount and government assistance of $900. I will now try Amazon for $200 to $300 range. I will review their return policy before buying.

[douglasmeyer]

Though I agree that the more expensive hearing is the best but the cost for some is unattainable. The manufacturers of quality hearing aids need to come down in cost. The technology is out there for other products which do far more than the hearing aid so why the high cost. The few hearing aid manufacturers on the market keep the price high.

[Willowy]

Both Autiphon and HSKlock were better than the prescription, which sounded like a radio (1st test). Music was where the prescription shine. Good for me I don't care about movie. Autiphon is it.