Some employer health plans (e.g. my Blue Cross/Blue Shield through my former employer) will cover part of the cost. In my case, this amounted to a maximum of $1000 when I bought my hearing aids. The plan set a defined value/aid and then paid up to $1000 total over the combined defined values of the aids. Now that I am on Medicare/Medigap there is no hearing aid benefit at all. So the next set will be up to me to completely pay for.
My present programmable hearing aids, bought last year ($4300 for two - $1000 insurance = $3300) have made a very significant difference in my hearing and enjoyment of life. Now, when students ask questions, I can actually hear the question!
Don
Dr. Donald G. Polvani
Advisory Engineer
Northrop Grumman Corp. (Retired)
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In some states, Michigan being one of them, if you can show that you need the hearing aid for your work, you can get a part of it paid for by vocational rehab. In my case I was teaching women and I could not hear their high pitched voices. That was enough to cover half the cost of the hearing aids.
joe
Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. Ph.D.
Retired Professor of Physics
Co-Director, Northern Indiana Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Collaborative (NISMEC) Consultant I-STEM Network
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