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vexxxboy

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#3423782 10-Oct-2025 22:43

robjg63:

Just to be clear - there is an ACC hearing coverage/subsidy for industrial hearing loss - that is a different scheme - not sure how much that is or how often.

The rest of us who are suffering from 'general' hearing loss are eligible for the DSS Hearing Aid Subsidy Scheme.

This is $511.11 per hearing aid ($1022.22 per pair) and "The subsidy for each hearing aid is available no more than once every six years.".

Resonate looks pretty interesting to me - Will try and remember them when my HA's are up for replacement - looks like I have had mine 3 years - so in another 3 years.

Just remember if you want to replace your HA now your subscription would be $100 a month as you fall in the 3 year window before the subsidy kicks in

Common sense is not as common as you think.

johno1234

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#3423815 11-Oct-2025 09:00

vexxxboy:

robjg63:

Just to be clear - there is an ACC hearing coverage/subsidy for industrial hearing loss - that is a different scheme - not sure how much that is or how often.

The rest of us who are suffering from 'general' hearing loss are eligible for the DSS Hearing Aid Subsidy Scheme.

This is $511.11 per hearing aid ($1022.22 per pair) and "The subsidy for each hearing aid is available no more than once every six years.".

Resonate looks pretty interesting to me - Will try and remember them when my HA's are up for replacement - looks like I have had mine 3 years - so in another 3 years.

Just remember if you want to replace your HA now your subscription would be $100 a month as you fall in the 3 year window before the subsidy kicks in

So it’s an extra $10/mo until you are six years from the last subsidy, right?

For me that was 2021. I lost one on my HAs in 2022 and got a new set on insurance so that won’t have restarted the clock.

vexxxboy

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#3423972 11-Oct-2025 12:31

johno1234:

So it’s an extra $10/mo until you are six years from the last subsidy, right?

For me that was 2021. I lost one on my HAs in 2022 and got a new set on insurance so that won’t have restarted the clock.

that would be the case as you are only 2 years or so from claiming the subsidy

Common sense is not as common as you think.

mckenndk

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#3436508 21-Nov-2025 20:32

Got the Elie+AI ones from Specsavers (Resound Viva AI rebadged Advanced) so far they are good no issues with the appointments and setup.

Way better in the Wellington wind than my previous Resound Linx2 which were having issues and I did not want to spend more money on them.

Only extra thing I bought was the travel charger $300 (case with a battery in it to charge them x3 times before it needs recharging)

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