Hearing Aid Prices in Sri Lanka

Some of you might be reading this, after going to several hearing aid shops, while others might not have any idea about the general hearing aid prices in Sri Lanka and want to find out information before going to meet an Audiologist. We will try and explain the different prices of hearing aids and the different technology levels. However, a few things to bear in mind:

Not all hearing aids will suit you

Hearing aids come in all different sizes and colors and also different technologies. The hearing loss of each individual differs. In addition, the lifestyle of one person may be different from another person. That means that their listening needs also differ. For example, if we take two people with the same hearing loss, one might have a very active lifestyle where she spends most of the day outside going for meetings, while the other might be someone who stays at home most often. Therefore, your hearing loss is unique. You need to find a solution that is appropriate for you, therefore, not all hearing aids will suit you.

Hearing aids have different levels of technology

The simplest way to explain this is by comparing hearing aids to a mobile phone. Mobile phones come with different features. More features a phone has, the more sophisticated a phone is. In the same way, hearing aids come with a variety of features. Some of these features include noise reduction (to reduce noise and make speech clearer), number of channels (increased number of channels bring better clarity). The ultimate goal of most of these features is to make hearing as natural as possible and provide speech clarity. Depending on your hearing loss, you might need the best of these features to support you, or might need only a few.

Good hearing aids come at a price

How much do hearing aids cost in Sri Lanka? A commonly asked question where many are surprised to find out that hearing aids in Sri Lanka and around the world are expensive when compared to a pair of spectacles. You might be left wondering why this is because one can easily get a hearing aid from a pharmacy at a considerably lower price. There are several reasons that good quality hearing aids come at a price:

There are only five major hearing aid manufacturers in the world. They include Oticon from Denmark, Starkey from the USA, Signina formally known as Siemens, now under a company named Sivantos in Singapore, Widex from Denmark and Phonak from a company named Sonova based in Switzerland. Other hearing aids are most often manufactured in China.

Hearing aids require a lot of research. Imagine a laptop that can run without plugging into a power source for more than a week. That is what a hearing aid is. But, this powerful computer functions on a battery that is the fraction of the size of a laptop battery that might only last a few hours. Hearing aid manufacturers invest in research and development, and this is why hearing aids are pricier than other items. Oticon has the world’s largest psychoacoustic research facility in the world. That is one of the reasons why Oticon hearing aids are known for their natural sound quality.