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Hearing Aid Shops Anyone Doing These?

February 24, 2024 04:58PM
I self-assigned a hearing aid shop at a warehouse retailer. I've called three straight days and LMTC. No return call. Wondering if anyone is doing these and had difficulties. Cannot find anything in the Guidelines or report that addresses this issue.

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Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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February 25, 2024 03:18AM
I tried twice (as I have hearing difficulties); both times the shops were taken by the time I went to accept.
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February 25, 2024 07:43AM
I took one of these shops and called the local COSCO to make an appointment....3 month wait and they don't take walk-ins!!!! The shop period would have expired by then. Also the guy at the COSTCO was really rude that I bothered him !
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February 25, 2024 08:31AM
Same as above for me with Costco, except it wasn't that long of a wait. I still cancelled it.

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February 25, 2024 11:58AM
What did you say?
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February 25, 2024 01:22PM
I see one at a Miracle Ear store for $50. Would sure like to know how involved it is before signing up.
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February 25, 2024 03:32PM
I have done two of these and since I already am a hearing aide wearer, they were super easy.
Getting the appointment is the hardest part but if there is a long wait time for an appointment, tell the scheduler and they may extend the date. I had to wait 2 weeks for one of the appointments and the date was extended for me.

Once you make the appointment, you can expect to spend up to 1 hour there for a hearing test. So if you hear really well, you might want to bring someone who does not.

The report and shop are very simple. You really let the other person just do their job. They will test your hearing, explain the results and then they will try to sell you a hearing aid. You need a business card and a brochure of whatever they try to sell you. Try to get more than one recommendation but it is not required.

You are supposed to ask about over the counter hearing aides and see what they say about them.

I feel it was very simple but it is natural for me since i have a good amount of hearing loss. The shops were also approved fairly quickly without question or issue (shocker). Hope that helps.
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February 25, 2024 04:25PM
I already have hearing aids from Costco- when I wanted them I had to wait 3 months to get an appt for an exam, etc. and had to go to a location farther from my home as the one closer was booked for 6 months! I doubt I could do a shop as a Costco membership with your real name is required. I would try the Miracle Ear or other brands if available.
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February 25, 2024 04:47PM
I did one last year. They were straightforward then, and paid well But as I read the guidelines this year, you MUST have the kind of hearing problem the company's hearing aid can solve. If you don't have that kind of hearing problem, you won't get paid. So a shopper could go through an entire scenario, having spent hours in preparation with the guidelines, doing the shop, and through no fault of heir own, might have a hearing problem, but it's one that the client's device won't help. There's no way to predict in advance whether their device will help, not without actually having the hearing exam. All that work, no pay. 10-foot pole.
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February 26, 2024 05:41PM
A friend of mine just got a hearing aid from my local Costco. She actually joined Costco just to buy it there. She did not have to wait for an appt. Just writing to say that not all Costco's have a long wait for an appt.
I have not seen these jobs and would try one. Since it seems Costco is not the client as it looks like there are a list of stores you can do these at, is it allowed to share the msc?
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February 27, 2024 03:36AM
"I see one at a Miracle Ear store for $50. Would sure like to know how involved it is before signing up."
M E told me to bring someone whose voice I knew well for the hearing test. I was able to honestly say there was no one and was not denied an appointment.
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February 29, 2024 08:29PM
UPDATE; I did get through on the 3rd day. Did the shop. I just got hearing aids in early January. At Costco, I did a, "test run" wearing them in the store for about 7 minutes. It was marvelous. I heard in ways I have not heard in decades! I'm sold on their process. At least with this Hearing Aid Specialist.

I submitted my report and it was accepted.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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February 29, 2024 08:31PM
Don't share the MSC with client. And I'm not sure who the client is, since I did a Costco. It seems it might be them, but, in Spanish, "Quien sabes?.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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February 29, 2024 08:32PM
The guidelines say if you do not need a hearing aid, then you will be paid 1/2 the fee. I infer that they want data on both the evaluation and hearing aid recommendations.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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February 29, 2024 08:35PM
I did Costco as a member. You have to be a member. And can only do it once. 2 in total for this program.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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February 29, 2024 09:57PM
I did one. The shop itself took a very long time. The report had a glitch and that ate up more time. Then, I had to waste even more time because of the editor. He said I uploaded the wrong thing; I did not. I ended up taking pictures of all the literature I was given to prove I did not upload the wrong thing. He insisted I was wrong, said he was not going to argue about it, and gave me an "8." He also said reports that were returned for correction would normally get a "7" but he gave me an "8" because it was otherwise a good report. I didn't see the point of arguing with him and just thanked him for his response. My rating was changed to a "9."

@ShopperGirly wrote:

I see one at a Miracle Ear store for $50. Would sure like to know how involved it is before signing up.
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March 01, 2024 07:23PM
So whosear you are not telling who's ear this job is from? Sorry I could not resist. ,
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March 04, 2024 04:09PM
Congrats. You got the jist of the play on words. Hoosier=Who's ear and my dad's story for how we Indianians got our nick name.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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March 04, 2024 05:56PM
@whosear wrote:

Congrats. You got the jist of the play on words. Hoosier=Who's ear and my dad's story for how we Indianians got our nick name.
That is a pretty corny story. Looked it up. By the way "play on words" is my joke style.
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March 19, 2024 12:46AM
I performed my second shop, at a non-warehouse location. It went well. The employee adjusted my current hearing aids to perform better and less tinnie. They're easy but be sure you can qualify for a hearing aid. One way if your hearing is fine is to say you have tinnitus: ringing in the ear. The employee who did my test wears one to mask the tinnitus.

Do not read so much, look about you and think of what you see there.
Richard Feynman-- letter to Ashok Arora, 4 January 1967, published in Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track (2005) p. 230
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