Would you buy or sell a hearing aid through this site?
A few people have responded to my article about second hand hearing aids – there’s been a few offering aids either cheaply or for free and a few people asking for them.
Would you consider using this site to buy or sell a hearing aid?
If enough people are interested and you feel that this site is a trusted place to buy and sell hearing aids then I’ll try and set something up. A deaf Craigslist or something like that. I’m not looking to make any money from this – I strongly believe many people would benefit from a second hand market and I would love to see it happen.
Please let me know what you think. Good or bad idea? Legal minefield? Would you, or do you know someone, who would use it?
We have a pair of Siemens CENTRA Active – CIELO 2 Active hearing aids. We purchased them this year, my mother wore them approximately 2 weeks………and unfortunately passed away in March 2008. We would love to have these hearing aids used by someone – but we did pay thousands and if there is a chance we can sell them, naturally at a lower price, that would be our first choice. Any suggestions? Thank you.
Nancy,
I am planning on adding a section to this site to allow people to buy and sell hearing aids online. I’m hoping it’ll be ready in 2-4 weeks. It will be completely free to use – so if you can wait a few weeks then you will be able to sell those aids on this site!
Cheers,
Steve.
Please see my comments under “Donate your old hearing aids to charity “. What happened with your goal of setting up a kind of craigs list for hearing aids? I would do anything to get my father an old hearing aid, I have no disposable income and have used my credit card almost to the max to pay for caring for my parents. I would do anything to have my father hear again. He used to love music.
Has anyone tried the Stealth S.S.A. from Harriet Carter?
I purchased a pair of Siemans Accuris digital hearing aids in August 2006.
Since purchasing them, within a few months my hearing problem improved and I no longer required the hearing aids.
Therefore, it is with regret, that the hearing aids have not been used in all this time.
I paid almost £3,000 for them on the date of purchase, which was alot of money out of my funds.
Although, at the time my hearing was a priority and I had the funds available to purchase the hearing aids.
That’s why in my opinion, if I’d known about second hand hearing aids being available.
I would certainly have considered this option.
To give someone else the opportunity II’d be willing to sell my hearing aids at a reasonable cost that people can afford and put their quality of hearing first
Thanks,
Barb
Where will you find the services of a second-hand hearing aid audiologist in order to confirm that the second-hand hearing aids are appropriate for your hearing loss and then correctly program them to your hearing loss ?
Inappropriate or incorrectly programmed hearing aids can damage your remaining hearing further !!
If you can’t afford correctly specified new hearing aids then the NHS are there to help at no charge…….
Second Hand Hearing Aids ,specially if there still under warranty would be great! Especially with the all the money that can be saved.They can be easily reprogrammed by an audiologist to fit your needs. The one thing you must do before hand is research the brand and type most fitting for you.
My Neice has hearing loss from birth, no money and is a mother of three. Her hearing loss is an obstacle to getting a well paying job. Can anyone help her? Please Thank you for your consideration of this request.
I have a pair of digital music pro itc hearing aids I would like to sell. I paid around $4000 for them. I hardly use them now since I have an 18 month old that likes to pull them out. My husband was laid off before christmas so I could really use a little money. Please make me an offer. I’ll consider all offers. Thanks! uschicks22@gmail.com
I am an Audiologist who is moving out of the field. I have a few hearing aids that were either demos or New that I need to get rid of among other things. I would love it if this site had a “sell” section to it. audhearing@gmail.com
buy hearing aid online may not be good idea unless you willing to pay audiologist to adjust your hearing aid every time for check up or services, so better to buy from audiologist or hearing aid place and you will always get free services to check if working properly. My BTE (2) work fine and everytime I go for adjust, I get free. no fee services or pay tube to attach earmold. replace tube every 6 months earmold every 3 or 4 years. so, better to buy from Hearing aid shop than online.
I would defiantly purchase here. As for after sale service I still have to pay for them even with a new hearing aid so there will be no difference between new and second hand.
I’ve been hard of hearing for a number of years. I couldn’t do my job without hearing aids. I am a teacher and depend on hearing well. I purchase new hearing aids every other year or so and would love to be able to sell my old still good ones.
We were able to buy hearing aids for my husband 9 years ago. Since then one has broken and can’t be repaired and the other is so old it’s about shot. We just went through cancer treatment and ca’t afford to buy new ones either and we’d be willing to buy used. We’d go to our audiologist and she’d program, molds, etc…whatever necessary. I hope something comes of this, it sounds like lots of people would benefit!
I am working as a physicist and three Ph.D. Student. in molecular Biology I lost my hearing power from from my child hood because of perforation in tympanic membrane and osicial also disturbed age is 52 years and not interested to operate as I am algitic to candida abica a natural flower grow with antibiotic Secondly being a academician intrasted in digital hearing other wise get headache and loss hearing power and not able to concentrate. I need it only in conference to hear the speech and convocation for discussion rest of the time I manage my self with loud sound and lipreading my nerve conduction is very good or quite extraordinary If possible i need second hand digital hearing aid do writ on my mail.
Thanking U
Bhagitsingh
Greetings
I am a 76 year old man living on old age pension and canada pension. I payed $2300 for hearing aids at “listen it up” five years ago. My sister generously covered the cost. Two years ago my apartment was robbed and my hearing aids went missing . I’ve been without them ever since. I can hear male voices if spoken clear enough, but have trouble hearing women or children and my daughter’s and grandchildren’s voices are my favorite sounds. Is there any help availble?
Cornelius
I am amazed someone isn’t doing this already. All you really need is a custom earpiece to put the used hearing aid in. The hearing aids are such a racket. When you can purchase an Ipod for a few hundred dollars but a hearing aid costs $2,000. Give me a break, it is the same radio frequencies. What do they cost to make (uncustomized) anyone know? Sort of like eyeglasses, $1.00 at tje dp;;ar stpre. I feel you have a good idea and would work fine for those of us with hearing aids already that would like to upgrade.
I have 2 Siemens Digital Musik hearing aids, new, that i would like to seel. They were almost $4000 and I will sell for $1500 OBO
Thank You
Birgit
I have hearing ida sumo xp for sale cheap
I have hearing ida sumo xp for sale cheap
rafek_1976@yahoo.com
great idea plenty of Audiologists will be happy to reprog .produce earmould etc for a fee no more than £100.00
i would like to sell my Siemens music pro hearing aid which my father brought 2 hearing aids one i am using and another is not programmed anybody interested please contact 9964580526 or E-mail me : suhaibshareef@yahoo.com the price is affordable.
i would like to sell my old hearing aid Siemens Super master Swiss which is one year old anybody Interested please contact 9964580526 or E-mail me : suhaibshareef@yahoo.com the price is affordable.
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I am looking for one or 2 over the ear hearing aids for my husband. Please email me at REALLYLOIS@AOL.COM if you have 1 or 2 to sell. thank you.
yes, I need to get a hearing aid or aids for my mother… new are too expensive… she lives in Ohio
thanks,
Martin
I have a pair of Bernafon by swiss ear hearing aids. They were used for less then a month. We paid over $3000 for them. I am asking $800.00 for them. I live in Florida, but will ship them anywhere. E-mail me for pictures. They come with case, cleaning cloth and all instruction manuals. Staz1919@aol.com
July 2, 2009. I think you have a good Idea. I have wished I could do something like you propose for hearing aids, wheel chairs, lifts, etc. The letters already posted mostly refer to high end hearing aids. I wear cheaper behind the ear models. I already have ear molds and tubing so I wish I could find a good working bte for a reasonable price. I once came across someone from Houston who was selling these bte aids for $20.00 each, but I lost his address. I have been buying hearing aids by mail order from Illinois. I get them for about half of what I would pay locally. The only problem is that you have to be creative in getting your ear mold to fit where it don’t hurt your ear. The biggest problem is that no hearing aid I have had has ever lasted more than 3 or 4 years, usually not more that 18 months without having to be sent back for repairs, which cost from $90to 150. That gets expensive for my income.
Good luck on getting this going.
I have a pair of starkey series 800 digital hearing aids for sale. If anyone is interested in these let me know. I have the original receipt. Purchased for my wife on 4/16/2009.Payed $3000. for the set. She passed away recently. You can contact me at ddc4mil@aol.com
Setting up a clearing house for used hearing aids would be a boon to many. I encourage you to do it. I’ll be one of your first users!
@Pete
It is almost ready now! I have been far too lazy with doing this but I have finally got my act together and it is only a week or so away. I am going to release it as a test for RSS subscribers first before releasing to everyone else. Subscribe to my RSS or email feed if you want to give it a test.
Cheers,
Steve.
I have a siemens prisma 2 pro DP
Behind the ear
As New
Email me for details
kscott@ashesscott.plus.com
England
Sheffiled
yes i would buy one from anywhere how ever as long its going to help me hear .. i just broke mine .. i had it for past 3 years when i got it i was under 18 and i had insurance with my mom i could get one for free from childrens memorial hospital .. now its broken and there is no way i can get another from that hospital unless i have insurance or the money for it .. and i cant afford Just hearing test which is about 500.00 when i tried to purchase a hearing aid without hearing test .. they said its illegal to sell you one without hearing test .. and i got surprised that i cant get one for money that i can afford .. i am looking all around US websites to get one affordable .. if anyone has adjustable behind ear .. i would love to purchase it especially if anyone around chicago area ..
If you have a hearing aid that is BTE or ITE, then please let me know.
My Dad lost his hearing aid and needs one. He has the another set of molds for both ears, so
perhaps BTE would be best. I’m located in Bethesda, Maryland…near the Washington, DC area.
fsenftle@gmail.com
Sincere Thanks and Gratitude
I have a used Aria behind the ear hearing aid. My mother paid $3,000 for it in 2005. It does work. I have two packages of batteries for it. I am willing to entertain offers at eoder1@bright.net. This is a digital hearing aid. I have the book that goes with it.
I’m looking for a bte hearing aid for the right ear (I have hearing loss in the high range in that ear only) and can’t afford the 2000 euro they quoted me for a new one. Any help would be appreciated.
If there is someone who can sell me a hearing aid at a low price, i would be receptive. I have an Oticon for my left ear(it’s getting old) and my doctor says I need another aid for my right ear.The big problem: I teach English as a Second Language as a volunteer at the college level and I want to be sure of hearing my students. I am retired but my cash reserves are low. I love my work..
Michael
I am selling my Dad’s CIC Simplex Hearing Aid-which he purchased but never wore -I am starting it at a very low price on eBay today as I am hoping someone who really needs it will get it.
Jane
Hello everyone
Thank you all for commenting on here.
I have added a new section to this site called Hearing Aid Market.
It allows you to sell or give hearing aids online – it’s kind of like an eBay or Craigslist but just for hearing aids. If you have left a comment on here and you are selling or giving then please sign up at Hearing Aid Market and list your aid(s) on there. If you are looking for an aid then head over to market and see that is available – there is an RSS feed there that you can subscribe to as well.
The link to the site is: http://market.deafness-and-hearingaids.net/
Cheers,
Steve.
I just spent $3540.00 for both aids last week(and that was with a discount) . I am returning them today and Siemens will refund my amount. I need them, but can not justify spending that amount of money once I thought about it. I would love to buy used hearing aids!
You have an excellant idea and there is a need. Trying to find used hearing aids is very frustrating.
My only comment is that there should be a way for a person to go back into there entry and do an update. Add that they have sold the item or found what they need. If you just go by the entry date it is deceptive.
Have a good day.
Hi Bob,
You can update your entry after you have created it on Hearing Aid Market. When you log in you should see a list of the hearing aids that you are selling – each line of the list has an “edit this” option. It’s also possible to edit your hearing aid to say that it has been sold and it will no longer display on the list.
Thanks for the feedback.
Steve.
I have 2 (right and left) Aura 400+ behind the ear hearing aids. I purchased them, wore them for several days–and really do not like wearing them. I like being able to hear voices, sounds, etc., that I cannot hear normally; I just cannot stand the feel of them in my ear. I do not know if it is legal to resale them, but I am certainly willing to sell them to someone that wants them.
Can you tell me if these are programmable for severe hard of hearing. My mother is in an assisted living facility; unfortunately both her hearing aids were “lost” within a few weeks of her going there and I am devastated. I like to take her out and to church, even though she is 99, but her limited hearing really affects her quality of life and it is not feasible to buy another expensive set at this time due to the cost of her care being way more than her income. If yours would work for her, I would be most interested in purchasing them. Thank you very much, Rita Richardson 407 970 5835
I am seeking for purchase a pair of used Phonak BTE hearing aids of one of the following models: Phonak, Exelia Art, Naida IX, Savia Art or Micro Savia Art. Other brands and models of comparable quality will be considered. A competative price will be paid, especially if the aids still are under manufacturer’s warranty.
I can be contacted at xplore@bresnan.net. Thank you.
I have a pair of Oticon Epoq Hearing Aids purchase for $7000 and they did not work for me. Will sell for $2000. Worn only for a few months and they didn’t work for me. CNolet 650-224-4591
Hello,
I have a pair of Siemens Artist 2 Life Hearing Aids. Perfect working condition. Used only briefly. They sell new for $1050.00 each. I will sell both for $600.00.
Here is a link about them:
http://www.precisehearing.com/artis-2-life-p-99.html?gclid=CNuB6cu_750CFQtM2godw0LwKw
Please send correspondence to:
marwatso@msn.com
or call Mark at (719) 332-2284
I have a pair of prio swiss bernafon hearing aids that have been worn only a very short time. Mother passed
away. Paid $4,000 for them. Will sell for $1500. or best offer. Thank you, lesley Email address is …lleaver2@live.ca
PLEASE DON’T POST YOUR HEARING FOR SALE IN A COMMENT – USE HEARING AID MARKET INSTEAD!
I have added a new section to this site called Hearing Aid Market.
It allows you to sell or give hearing aids online – it’s kind of like an eBay or Craigslist but just for hearing aids. If you have left a comment on here and you are selling or giving then please sign up at Hearing Aid Market and list your aid(s) on there. If you are looking for an aid then head over to market and see that is available – there is an RSS feed there that you can subscribe to as well.
The link to the site is: http://market.deafness-and-hearingaids.net/
Cheers,
Steve.
I have a pair of hearing aids that I purchased for my Dad at Costco hearing aid center. They are “Bernafon” XTREME 120 BTE. My Father had severe to profound hearing loss. Purchased this year (cost $2800) and only used for 3months. Would like to pass them on for a small fraction of original cost. You can contact me at vncmpn@gmail.com
Why is Hearing Aid Market down?
I’m selling a pair of Oticon Epoq’ and Phonak Supero’, I am a musician and I am on the hunt for the most natural sounding hearing aid I can find. Both sets were worn for about a day, however it is the compression of both aids that drive me nuts. I am still using my Oticon Digifocus II aids, kicking it old school, if anyone can recommend aids that will be best for handling high dB(think rock concerts), email me!
If you are interested in purchasing either set, send me a email at kbeaton73@hotmail.com, make me some offers, I am in Canada but I do not mind shipping internationally. Thanks!
Hi,
I’m selling my late mothers hearing aids. I have a left and right Starkey Destiny – one of which was purchased as a replacement for £1,600 GBP in June 2008 – so was only used for 4 months!). They are in a Starkey leather case which sits inside a Starkey silver and chrome plastic case complete with cleaning brushes & some soft rubber cleaning implements (?). These sit in the inner ear so I assume would need to be correctly fitted – but please do not quote me. Mum purchased these and found them to be fantastic as well as not ’showing’ so nobody knew that she was hard of hearing. We only knew when she didn’t reply after we had been talking to her (selective hearing perhaps?)! Provided with a load of new batteries!
I also have a Opticon Spirit 3 hearing aid in its case that seems to sit around the ear – again please do not quote me as I am NO EXPERT! Supplied with batteries.
I think it would be great if someone else would like to use these and save you a fortune of purchasing new.
Please email me at jasonrmarks@hotmail.com if you are interested. Whoever comes up with the best offer by 1st March 2010 gets them. Happy to ship worldwide once funds are cleared if required. Will send photos’s if required.
Thank you to the site for being here!
I have a pair of WIDEX B2X ITE W/CV-T with 62db hearing aid and in good condition. I purchased this last year june 2009..and i only used for 2 months..original price 27,000baht each and i sell only 20,000 each.i am in thailand any interested pls.contact me my email..cjc_14@yahoo.com
I would like to purchase a Phonak Smart link SX transmitter and a pair of ML9s or ML9i FM receivers to fit Phonak Savia 311 hearing aids.
Dave