My dad got his hearing aids from the VA because his loss was combat related. (WWII destroyer and a minesweeper) the ones he had would have cost a pile on the open market but they worked great and were upgraded over the years.
As for my mom, we wasted a ton of money on all sorts of cheap amplifiers and all sorts of other crappy hearing aids until finally spending the money for real ones. I forget the exact price but I think it was around $3500 but the result was worth and mom was sort of annoyed we had not done it sooner since she was almost 90 by then.
My friend had some sort of surgery for hearing at about 60 and I have no idea what was involved he was super excited about the result
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