20dB

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After the recommendation of getting hearing aid and the try out of samples at GH, I tried to get my mum to 20dB, a hearing centre recommended by GH audiologist, to obtain the hearing aid (cheaper with letter from GH, fyi) but it canceled many times due to mum's bad dizziness and/or migraine :(

Recently, she finally felt well enough to go on this 35-min trip to Bukit Mertajam. We told them that mum tried 3 hearing aids and chose the Resound Enya other the other two, and that they all cost about RM 3.5k per piece. They were quite puzzled because it cost only RM 2.2k, which incidentally matched the information the first GH audiologist gave. In response to their query, I said that we were ok to get an aid that cost more than RM 2.2k but within our budget of RM 3k+ if it was significantly better than Resound Enya.

They retested mum's hearing since GH didn't provide the graphical results. With the data, they used a computer software to calibrate Unitron Moxi RIC for mum to try. The funny thing was that she didn't realise she was wearing them until it was over hehehe. This was because it was a light, unobstrusive aid i.e. receiver-in-canal (RIC). Mum felt this was so much better than Enya. She could hear much better now. Yay!

Although it cost RM 4.2k per piece, they kindly matched GH's recommended budget of RM 3.5k. Wow, that was nice of them especially GH told us that we would get only RM 100 discount @@

Another bonus was that they lent mum a pair to try for a week.

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