{"id":210,"date":"2022-10-11T16:20:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/?p=210"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:20:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:20:04","slug":"hearing-aid-buying-tips-you-need-to-know-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/hearing-aid-buying-tips-you-need-to-know-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearing Aid Buying Tips You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Know what&#8217;s included in the price<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hearing aids are typically sold as part of a bundled price or package, and you&#8217;ll need to unpick what you&#8217;re getting for your money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can buy the best hearing aids around, but you&#8217;ll only benefit from them if they&#8217;re fitted properly, programmed and adjusted on an ongoing basis so they&#8217;re right for you. Here at Hummingbird Hearingcare we specialise in ensuring you receive the best possible service and aftercare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some differences between retailers and what they include in the price are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>length of trial period<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>length of warranty and what it includes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>whether you&#8217;ll get free ongoing maintenance items such as batteries, wax traps, receivers (the tubing) and cleaning kits, and services such as wax removal.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll also need to checkwhat follow-up appointments you&#8217;ll be offered, including whether home visits are available if you need them, and whether your appointments will be with the same audiologist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make sure you get the best hearing aids for you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensure that you check what is included in your hearing aid package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Warranty and what&#8217;s included<\/li><li>Trial period \/ money-back guarantee<\/li><li>Repairs and replacement aids<\/li><li>Follow up appointments<\/li><li>Maintenance <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happens if you lose a hearing aid?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some hearing aid retailers offer bespoke insurance products to cover loss. Check your retailer&#8217;s replacement policy and what your home personal possessions policy covers before you buy insurance, as this may cover loss, theft and accidental damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Know what&#8217;s included in the price Hearing aids are typically sold as part of a bundled price or package, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":211,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,38,39,42,7,8,9,10,31,12,16,82,13,14,96,37,36,40],"tags":[17,21],"class_list":["post-210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-background-noise","category-bluetooth-hearing-aids-cheshire","category-bluetooth-hearing-aids-tarporley","category-brain-hearing","category-hearing-aids","category-hearing-aids-cheshire","category-hearing-aids-tarporley","category-hearing-loss","category-hearing-loss-and-covid","category-hearing-test","category-hearing-test-oswestry","category-hearing-test-shevington","category-hearing-test-tarporley","category-hearing-test-winsford","category-independent-audiology","category-invisible-hearing-aids","category-invisible-hearing-aids-cheshire","category-invisible-hearing-aids-tarporley","tag-hearing-aids","tag-invisible-hearing-aids"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hummingbirdhearingcare.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}