Hearing aid prices wanted
Apr 21st, 2008 | By Steve | Category: BuyingI have been thinking of ways that I could expand this blog so that I can offer services and tools that people would find useful. One of the things I would like to do is start a hearing aid price database.
The idea is that someone would be able to either enter a model and see the current price for it or they would be able to enter a price and see what models are available at that price.
It would be impossible for me to keep a record of all hearing aid vendor’s prices for all models so the intention is to have a database of “approximate prices across all vendors”. Something that will give people a ball-park figure - over time the prices will even themselves out and give a reasonably accurate indication of the current price for each model.
I already have some price-lists for a few vendors here in the UK. But this is a call out to you, dear reader: Do you have any price information that you are willing to share? Do you work for a vendor? Have you purchased an aid recently?
I would like to publish prices from all over the world so no matter where you are, please, please send your price info! You can get my email from the contact page - link at the top of this page.
I am not interested in comparing vendor prices - this is not about exposing over-pricing or anything like that. The aim is to create a database that people can use to get (hopefully) up to date hearing aid prices across the industry.
specsavers will happily send you a price list for their own range and they also have one for the manufacturer branded aids also inc siemens starkey phonak sonic oticon etc etc ….destiny valeo savia cielo centra inteo and many many more at the best prices anywhere in the uk market…im suprised any of the other major chains are selling any hearing aids at all…
What a great idea, Steve. It would also be interesting to learn about the different features offered by different types of hearing aids and why audiologists choose one model over another.
Sarah
Hey Sweep,
I do already have Specsavers’ list! They are one vendor who are happy to give out prices.
Even though, as you say, Specsavers probably have the cheapest prices in the UK at the moment, I want to build up a overall average price across all vendors to give people a more realistic view of the price they would have to pay.
If specsavers are so transaprent about their prices then why do they rebrand existing products so nobody can compare?