I, too, am happy with Costco (for Kinglets).
Jan Stewart
922 E Spruce Street
Sequim, WA 98382-3518
jstewart at olympus.net
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I purchased Philips hearing aids from Costco and they have been great for hearing birds as well as the service from Costco. The Philips hearing aids Costco sells have exactly the same specifications as the Oticon top of the line hearing aids sold by Otyologists. Same manufacturer but different brand names for same hearing aids. Two things I learned in looking for hearing aids primarily for hearing birds is 1) usually only the top of the line hearing aids from manufacturers hear sounds above 8,000 hz (8,000-10,000hz range) and some of the bird sounds are above this frequency, 2) using the music setting of the app that comes with the hearing aids greatly increases the sensitivity of the hearing aids to bird sounds as the setting is designed to hear in all directions from the user and not primarily forward. My wife has had the same experience with her Widex hearing aids. We hear many more birds when the settings are for music. I now hear golden crowned kinglets, brown creepers and other high pitched birds with ease.
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I have so many siskins here...
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I just received an email from the people who live at the house where
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?Hi Tweeterdom
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Hi John G?
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This all happened in 2024 so coverage is now different
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My experience with Kaiser is entirely different?
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I live in KitsapLand, visually not far from Seattle. K? paid the total and complete cost for my pair of Oticon hearing aids.
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They connect via Bluetooth to my iPhone SE.
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((This feature also allows me to listen to music or other audio and
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take phone calls?)) I have the choice to allow Oticon to track me etc. but I have declined.
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This connectivity allows me to easily fine tune the sounds I want to hear better (Kinglets for instance?) AND tamp down the sounds I wish to not hear so well (there always seems to be a freeway nearby!).
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Yes Kinglets were a problem!
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I drop my ?earrings? in the charger at night. In the morning they have enough power to go all day.
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The Oticon iPhone app has a ?find my hearing aid? feature. So far I have not needed it.
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Hearing is a miracle, and a complex one at that. Today?s hearing
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devices are miracles too, albeit not to the same degree. Considering
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the full scale of entertainment options available for $1500, hearing
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aids easily top the list.
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For the record, Kaiser in Seattle has excellent staff and facilities.
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That KP pricing may not be competitive with Costco isn?t the fault of
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anyone there. Costco is pursuing a paradigm-busting strategy that by
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all appearances is working well for them (and us).
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In ten years as a customer of Costco (Shoreline), the accredited staff
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have been excellent and eager to please, especially with respect to
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matching devices to your individual ears, as well as explaining the
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limits of what they can do. I encourage you to push those buttons to
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explore what you?ve got - you can?t go nearly as far astray as with
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any new appliance or even a bicycle computer!
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On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 2:49?PM LarryG via Tweeters <
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tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:
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?Hi Tweeterdom
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Hi John G?
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This all happened in 2024 so coverage is now different
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My experience with Kaiser is entirely different?
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I live in KitsapLand, visually not far from Seattle. K? paid the
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total and complete cost for my pair of Oticon hearing aids.
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They connect via Bluetooth to my iPhone SE.
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((This feature also allows me to listen to music or other audio and
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take phone calls?)) I have the choice to allow Oticon to track me
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etc. but I have declined.
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This connectivity allows me to easily fine tune the sounds I want to
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hear better (Kinglets for instance?) AND tamp down the sounds I wish
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to not hear so well (there always seems to be a freeway nearby!).
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Yes Kinglets were a problem!
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I drop my ?earrings? in the charger at night. In the morning they
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have enough power to go all day.
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The Oticon iPhone app has a ?find my hearing aid? feature. So far I
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have not needed it.
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perseidwatcher A T g mail dot com
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LarryG
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Envoy? de la petite Super-Ordinateur dans ma poche. From the little
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SuperComputer in my pocket
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