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Main Section => Workshop Wisdom => 602's Musings => Topic started by: w3526602 on August 24, 2019, 04:28:11 PM
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Hi,
No.71 strikes again!
First the Jimny keys, and now my RH hearing aid has gone walk-about. This is the second one since we moved house last June.
Cost of replacement? Well, they cost me £2,000 approx to buy the pair, two years ago, but I don't know how much of that was in "consultation" fees. I claimed for the first loss on insurance. No, I lie, Barbara claimed. During our conversation between this and the previous sentence, she told me that the insurers made life difficult at a time when she/we needed a "not difficult" life, so she didn't pursue the matter?"
I'll keep this short ... "What should I expect to pay for another replacement"?
602
PS. The lost hearing aid should be either on the cabinet beside my arm chair, or on the chest of drawers beside my bed, or somewhere in between. And yes, I've been down on my hands and knees.
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My mother got a free set from the local hospital on the NHS, plus she got a free supply of batteries ???
:RHD
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Hi Alan,
Thanks for that, I will investigate. My sister was a team leader in Bromley Social Services. (Her husband has been Press Officer for MoD, and Press Officer for the V&A, but is now free-lance .... mainly boring historic stuff. I think at one time he was the Arts correspondent for The Times ... did an article on the Resurgen (???), I think a WW1 experimental submarine that they dragged out of the sea a few years ago. I'm happy to be corrected
My audio-bloke told me that the NHS refused to fund the invisible hearing aids for school children. If you are self concious, make it bigger and flaunt it! Huge ear-trumpet? That should upset Teach!
602
My mate, the Registrar General of Shipping (now retired) insisted that everybody used his given namre ... GABE
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I'd certainly think anyone of pensionable age can get hearing aids on the NHS either free or a nominal sum..
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Check under the cushions in the chair?
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I'll keep this short ... "What should I expect to pay for another replacement"?
The flippant reply would be to say about two grand but hey lets look deeper .....
According to Specsavers the NHS Trust in your TMA location doesn't fund digital hearing aids ie the posh ones for free but of course the NHS will fund the His Masters Voice versions.
Anyway ... Specsavers are currently charging circa £2200 for a pair inc testing fitting and batteries :tiphat
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My mother got a free set from the local hospital on the NHS, plus she got a free supply of batteries ???
:RHD
Around here, your stock of batteries is replaced forever too
I wouldn't call the free NHS ones I've seen HMV ??? They're about the size of a Quaver but narrower
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" HMV " ..... figuratively speaking of course, there are some youngsters here :-X
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Got mine on the nhs, dont know if things are different here in gods country, they are not the smallest in the world but they fit well behind my flappers, also free batteries so whats not to like, oh iv not got a problem wearing them which a lot of people seem to have.
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Surely you can claim again on your house insurance? Even if the excess is steep it should still be less than buying a replacement.
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Surely you can claim again on your house insurance?
Hi Glen,
Er ... yes. But I've already claimed once since we moved here ... since when, our car insurances premiums have rocketed. Or maybe it because we made a claim when a water leak meant replacing the floors in the 22ft lounge/diner, hall, kitchen, plus a new fitted kitchen. Same insurer.
That was just before last Xmas. the insurers paid out promptly, but our builder never sent a bill (lovely man) despite constant nagging from Barbara. In the end, she sent him a five figure cheque, but had to guess what we owed him.
Er ... motor insurance proposal forms ask if you have made any claims in the last five years? Do they mean car insurance claims ... or any type of insurance?
I'd rather pay for the new hearing aid myself, than get a reputation as a "serial claimer".
602
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Hi,
I "done a Google", asking how much to replace a lost hearing aid.
Between £50 and £150 to replace a lost NHS hearing aid. A mere bagatel!
No mention of how much to replace my private plugs. They cost me Barbara (she was the one insisting) £2000 for the pair, but I don't know how much of that was the Consultant's (bloke in the shop) fees.
602
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I'd say about £1995 as "profit" :shakeinghead
When you look at the "electronics" inside - probably all now on one chip with a few externals and a button battery.
The technology has been around for yonks, even the digital stuff.
OK, so they pour in some gunk and take moulding of your ear hole.
:RHD
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Very much a case of you "pays yer money and takes yer choice" but when you get into "private" practice of any kind, you're going to have your metaphorical trousers taken down so to speak.. :-X
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My cousin was a nhs ear specialist. Apsrantly the NHS one are good kit.
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OK, so they pour in some gunk and take moulding of your ear hole.
Hi Wittsend,
Not with me, they didn't.
Mine are just a bit of springy wire, with the CPU sittiing behind the flap of my ear, and removable plastic cap on the other end that I stick in my lug-hole. I'd guess pennies to manufacture the hardware, with all the expense going into micro computer, programming, and profit.
My "consultant" told me that the NHS will not lash out for the tweeny hearing aids for children, coz they tend to get lost. The 602 solution? Give then a pair of "cans" (?) like what the USAAF bomber pilots wore in WW2. If you can't hide them ... flaunt them. (all your mates will want a go). Of course, the kids would also need floppy peaked caps to wear under them.
602
PS, Hmmm ... visions of the "natural" solution ... a parrot on each shoulder, that screech what they hear, into your lug-holes, at close range. I wonder if I could flog that idea to the Flintstones. I'll get my coat.
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you're going to have your metaphorical trousers taken down so to speak.. :-X
Hi Porkscratching,
The officer told me to "adopt the position". Was he wanting to test my ears? :-X
Here in MK, the service seems excellent. Frequent knock on door ... Chemist delivering prescriptions. A couple of times Barbara's optician has delivered stuff connected with her contact lenses ... don't ask me what, I've learned not to ask about "women's stuff". All free of charge ... maybe was added to the cost of my hearing aids?
I've even had a bloke from Bedford knock on the door. He'd come to change the filters on my hearing aids. "I've already shown you how to this!"
Yeah, looked easy when he does it. I can get the old filter (reminissent of a lighter flint) out, but can't get the new one in. ??? Do I need a bigger hammer? Nowadays, Barbara just phones Bedford, who tell us to send it to them by Special Delivery. They have even sent us a special envelope. All FOC. I think I will get Barbara to phone about a replacement, using our new, clear as a bell, telephone ..... which reminds me of the joke about Quasimodo ... has everybody heard it?
Why get Barbara to phone? She has Executive Authority to say "Go ahead" :o
602
Er ... nobody took mouldings from my ears. The bit you shove in the hole holds the filter, and had a tiny plastic, pull off, cap.
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Go see your NH doctor, ask for a hearing test and go to the hospital for the test. Mine were free and so are the batteries. Great for using as ear defender, just turn them off. :thud
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NHS Wales have provided me with a pair of deaf aids FOC, but one at time. Just one initially to prove that I could get on with it & sufficiently motivated to wear such devices. Initially an impression was taken for a moulding, when the fit day came it was pointed out that all audio traffic had to be passed through the deaf aid. When the battery goes flat nothing will be heard.
I was able to choose to have a hollow insert that allowed normal hearing to continue & the deaf aid would just boost the top frequencies. Given that there is very little notice of a battery about to pack up, I'm glad I opted for the hollow inserts.
It seems the ones fitted were a newer type (ReSound Danalogue) & were also available in the private market. The problem I find is that putting on reading/driving glasses they can displace the deaf aid which is balanced rather than seated on top of the ear.
I have curiously only lost the one on the right ear several times but after hours of searching outdoors found it. But last time after most of the day searching had to give up. I got an appointment to have another fitted within a week at a cost of £68. A bargain, I certainly don't begrudge paying that, if replacement was free I would imagine the loss rate would increase.
Incidentally it disturbs me that on line that there are many sellers of free NHS packaged batteries. You can identify these by the unique packaging & the top of the package marked FREE ISSUE has been cut off (square edge from scissors & lower edge rounded) When I ran low & my issued batteries were lost in the post I had to buy some. I noticed the cut packaging & the expiry dates where the same as the issued ones.
I reported the fact that there were some sellers with large quantities of FREE ISSUE batteries to NHS Fraud but had no response, I suppose they are after bigger fish? It bugs me that this theft from the NHS is a cost for us all.
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Hi,
£1,149.00
602