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My dad has used a pair of Siemens digital in the ear hearing aids for the past year and they have been a disaster. I was with him when he got the sales pitch from his audiologist and they seemed like a great idea. Instead they are so poorly designed that the battery has gotten stuck inside several times this past year needing a trip to the audiologist each time. It's unbelievable that something costing several thousand dollars can be so flimsy in construction. They are certainly not built for elderly hands to be able to easily change the battery (which needs to be done weekly). They are now out of warranty after a year and useless as the battery is stuck inside again. Dad's going to get a free Veteran's Administration hearing aid instead.

There is no excuse for charging so much for such a poor product. Siemens should be ashamed to be taking elderly people's money!

Stay away from:

- Siemens hearing aids -

- Siemens digital hearing aids -

- Siemens digital in the ear hearing aids -

Monetary Loss: $2800.

Location: Provincetown, Massachusetts

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I have in ear Seimens hearing aids and both have cracked within one year of purchase. I am now out of warranty.

What the lady at the front desk said when I went in to have the latest repair was revealing "yes they are making them thinner now - order to save money" I went away and thought about it and I realise that good quality fracture proof plastic is not difficult to make and does not cost more than a few cents than bad plastic that fractures like glass if you accidentally drop it on the table less than a foot. I realised that the company was making money from having hearing aids constantly reshelled and I am not happy. I paid $4,500 for my pair of hearing aids and I doubt they will last for 2 years.

They only offer 90 days on the shell warranty even if you pay for an extended.

Guest

Might not get a lot of relief from the VA-they just gave me a new pair of digital Seimen's hearing aids....your Dad may not get a different brand.

Guest

I am wearing my original OTICON hearing aids right now. My newer SIEMENS's NITRO's have been nothing but trouble, and my hearing aid dealer sucks.

In fact, I just found her assistant has not been licensed in 3 years.

I'm very careful with my hearing aids. I've had the cracked case on the Siemen's while changing a battery. 5 months ago was a mic repair.

Now it needs another repair (weak).

Then the hearing aid dealer gets all rude again. I hate these Siemen's with a passion.

Guest

If you have a problem buying hearing aids, then DON'T!

Got it, idiots?

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-430796

As someone who has worn hearing aids since age 6 for 30 years I have never had to pay.there are plenty of places to help kids and adults hear better. I will be getting Siemens within 2 weeks.

My current aid is also a Siemens. After 5 year no work done major or minor I still have one that works after going into saltwater the case was secure so it did not get ruined. My other one was dropped and the case started falling apart. The salt water ruined that.

Yes I know these dont go in water but I was saving my daughter. Nothing is perfect :? even devices that help us. But I don't see too many people really being valid in their complaints.

There is always a warranty and a extended is normally offered before the other expires.

So if you played you cards right even if the aid didn't work then you should have anything to cry about :cry :? I have only payed one time to have them recased when the dog ate them and they still worked just had no case!

Guest

I work for an Large Government Statutory Body that has one of the biggest footprints in the hearing aid industry. I am an Audiometrist and also a qualified aid technician.

We dispense hearing aids and hearing rehabilitation to eligible clients under the voucher scheme. The relentless pressure from our top heavy management to sell top up aids to clients is simply embarrassing and downright profiteering from pensioners. I also have over 30 years in the Pro Audio industry ..and I am going to say this ...Hearing aids are the biggest ripoff in society today. They are quite simply an audio amplifier and as everyone knows ..yes you can buy different levels of audio amplifiers but and its a big but ..manufacturers of hearing aids each year rebadge and recase and come up with fancy names for alogorythms built into the aids designed to help you hear better.

The problem is making things louder does not make things clearer and overcome the sensorinerual component of a hearing loss. Simply put if your cochlea has damage then a hearing aid is like trying to put adidas runners on and jog a marathon if both of your knees are badly damaged. They should be more reasonabley priced and advertising should be reigned in because for the most part it is false. My bosses say I dont sell enough top up because I am not offering it to the client in the right way.

They want me to manipulate people and it really is horrible..I will be leaving the industry and am compiling enough evidence so that I can expose the scams on Australian National TV. There is going to be an outcry when Australia finds out that Govt employees earn commission by selling aids to patients who would do just as well with fully subsidised aids that the government would supply to them for free.

Guest

MY MOTHER JUST BOUGHT THIS HEARING AID MARCH 2011 - SHE HAS BEEN TO THE AUDIOLOGIST 4 TIMES & HAD TO HAVE THE HEARING AID REPAIRED TWICE. IT'S JULY 2011 & WE JUST BROUGHT BACK TODAY, THE AUDIOLOGIST SAID IT NEEDED TO BE "SERVICED" AGAIN (SHE JUST GOT IT BACK 2 WEEKS AGO) SHE IS EXTREMELY CAREFUL W/ HER HEARING AID AS SHE COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON IT. SIEMENS REFUSED TO GIVE HER HER MONEY BACK OR REPLACE THE DEVICE, I BELIEVE SIEMENS TAKES ADVANTAGE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE, DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY!!!

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I had Siemens Acuris for the last 5 years. They are garbage. Yes and most audiologist are rip offs.

Guest

My mother had seimans hearing aids and cannot hear TV or have a conversation with anyone, she had them on trial, and tried to return them, but counted wrong on her 30 day trial,(she did not count the first day) Now she is stuck with expensive hearing aids and she stil can't hear. Big rip off

Guest

Sorry to hear about your Dad's problems with his hearing device but sorry to say Siemen's digitals is one of best out there by far! :)

I have two myself and mine has been through the mill as I'm very hard on hearing aids.

Mine was sent out to be cleaned due to water damage,& lost buttons due to my long thick hair at my own expense of course.

I'm still verry happy to say I wouldn't trade in my Siemen's for any other! 8)

Guest

I have siemen aids in both ears. The first time around the shells were not any good and just cracked.

Had them rebuilt by someone else and the shells still look as good as they did 6 years ago.

So what does that say about how well siemens are made. :sigh

Guest

I sympathize with this individual only because Siemens has used the same designed battery door for the last 15 years. They are quite poorley made.

I carry battery doors for most instruments in my office but i have triple the Siemens doors.

They break too easily. Only one of the reasons i rarely fit a Siemens Instrument.

Guest

First off, there's nothing "audiological" about a hearing aid. There's nothing in audiology or, by extension, medicine, that defines a hearing aid.

A hearing aid is an acoustical device, a P.A. (public address) system on a small scale. PA systems are designed by electrical engineers. The test run by the audiologist is calibrated in "decibels of hearing loss" Hearing aids, pa sysytems, and all loudness measurements are calibrated in "decibels of sound pressure level".

They don't mix because each type has a different "zero" value. Your hearing aid cost was a fraction of what you paid for the instrument. The majority of the cost was the "labor" that the audiologist performed in fitting the aid and servicing it after the sale. You probably have some type of in- the- ear (ite) hearing aid because of vanity concerns.

If your audiologist knew what the needs of your ear was, they could never fit an ite, because they would know that it wasn't loud enough, and, because of your dexterity issues, it'd be difficult to handle. It's not Siemens fault, they only built the aid.

Your audiologist, with all the diplomas on the walls, recommended it and mis-applied its use. George Gaenslen Hearing aid dispenser Houston Texas

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Very well said George. Your are a charlatain and an ***. Don't listen to this obnoxious pompous ***.

Guest

Siemens is one of the best names and Companies in the Hearing Aid Industry.

From what you write, it appears that your Dad was a little rough on replacing the Hearing Aid Batteries.

Hearing Aids are intended to understanding the spoken word correctly.

Was that accomplished?

The VA dispenses the same Hearing Aids.

Are you really upset with the Product, or the fact that your Father paid for the Hearing Aids.

If he can obtain them Free from the VA, in other words paid by American Taxpayers instead of your Father, will you still feel the same?

There is such a thing as abuse canceling the Warranty.

I am confident the Dispenser will do everything they can to help your Dad.

I doubt that Audiologists know how to sell, or use a "Sales Pitch" as you describe.

Are you attempting to demean Audiologists?

Be fair, its probably your Dad that is at fault for being abusive in handling the Hearing Aids.

Good Luck

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