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Dalbergia12 t1_iyycmtw wrote

Reply to comment by iLLogick in FDA change ushers in cheaper, easier-to-get hearing aids by AsslessBaboon

You are right that that would be bad!

Except where Costco sells hearing aides they employ trained Audiologists. This not a pick your own or one product sales thing.

The Gal that I was served by worked there for years on the floor , worked up into a lower management position, then asked for the training, and tells me she loves her job! It is a small but fully staffed department. The testing was thorough, free, and completely un-rushed. No pushy commission sales staff. Though it took a few weeks to get an appointment.

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HazeySunday t1_iyyk355 wrote

Unless the woman who served you went to school for 8 years (4 years of undergrad and 4 years of graduate studies) or got a 2 years masters and additional training for the AuD, you were not served by an audiologist.

Costco does employ trained audiologists, and they also don’t. When you go there, you can get either or.

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