Does it seem that your hearing isn't what it used to be? If so, you're not alone. Hearing loss is a common problem. We outline the fundamentals of hearing loss, explain how hearing aids may help, and give you ratings of 29 local dispensers so you can find advice you can trust.

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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Hearing Aid Dispensers

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Hearing Aid Dispensers Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Hearing Aid Dispensers.

• Subscriber from REDMOND, WA wrote Another Store: Service is great but pricey products........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Store: Could not be happier with the product and service.......
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Store: All the people are nice, helpful, prompt. Big range of hearing aids and associated products...........
• Subscriber from EDMONDS, WA wrote Another Store: Highly recommended.......
• Subscriber from WOODINVILLE, WA wrote Another Store: The owner of Evergreen Speech & Hearing & I have been fellow aircraft pilots in..........
• Subscriber from LYNNWOOD, WA wrote Another Store: Complimentary cleaning and retubing. Programing questionable but I have found no one that does this..........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Store: They only seem to carry a couple of the top line brands. A couple more..........
• Subscriber from TRACYTON, WA wrote Another Store: I have purchased 2 hearing aids from them. I had 1 sent in for repair..........
• Subscriber from LYNNWOOD, WA wrote Another Store: I left Total Hearing in tears. I had been sobbing for about 10 minutes. No..........
• Subscriber from KIRKLAND, WA wrote Another Store: Can't rate prices as my insurance company paid for the hearing aids........
• Subscriber from MERCER ISLAND, WA wrote Another Store: I tried to get new hearing aids here (I'm a very happy Group Health member)..........
• Subscriber from GIG HARBOR, WA wrote Another Store: Recommend this place........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Store: Very difficult to compare hearing aid prices because the cost includes service as well as..........
• Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote Another Store: Excellent follow up service........
• Subscriber from BOTHELL, WA wrote Another Store: Very swatisfied with Evergreeds quality of products and services. Very undrestanding and competent service. Alway..........
• Subscriber from HANSVILLE, WA wrote Another Store: Great devices, GREAT prices. Service OK........
• Subscriber from MUKILTEO, WA wrote Another Store: great service but prices are high compared to others........
• Subscriber from FEDERAL WAY, WA wrote Another Store: Dr. Rand is an outstanding audiologist who takes her time in explaining her product and..........
• Subscriber from GRAHAM, WA wrote Another Store: I lost a hearing aid nearly a year after purchase. I went in to purchase..........
• Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote Another Store: Dr. Feeney was very good........
• Subscriber from CHIMACUM, WA wrote Another Store: Was lied to by sales staff. They said that the hearing aide ordered had far..........
• Subscriber from LYNNWOOD, WA wrote Another Store: Complete used car sales pitch, taking control of communication to get me to upgrade to..........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Store: Superior Service. I believe their pricing is about average for the market. But the range..........
• Subscriber from TACOMA, WA wrote Another Store: Have never been dissatisfied with any product or service obtained at this facility. Ensures the..........
• Subscriber from PORT ORCHARD, WA wrote Another Store: Great experience & excellent service........
• Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote Another Store: very professional. Audiologist Dr and other is has a Masters. Well qualified. Not a high..........