Hearing aids furnished to service connected veterans?!
Question: brands and types
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Most of the hearing aids I see that were obtained through the VA are the Siemens brand. They have technology that's competitive with other manufacturer's. How often the VA provides the state-of-the-art technology to their patients, I could not say.
What most of the Veteran's complain to me about is having to go through a lot to get approved for the aids, and then having to go back to the VA when the aids need service, because independent hearing aid dispensers and audiologists are not supposed to service VA devices. So many of them have told me that in the future, they'd pay for the aids themselves, just for the convenience of going where they want to in terms of location and professional care.
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I don't know what brands or types they use right now
but you need to do, if you have'nt already, make a claim with a veteran representative to file the paperwork to recieve medical treatment and set up an appointment.
If you already did that you need to call your local VA hospital doctor for an appointment.
Here is the Veteran Affairs link.
http://www.va.gov/
Good Luck fellow veteran.
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