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[EnglishDispenser]

Hi,

I run an office based practice in the UK called Blackminster Hearing Centre.

I am a hearing aid discounter, with often the lowest prices in the UK.

Unlike most UK dispensers I have a strong technical background in digital technology.

I also run a web based hearing aid spare business which sells all sorts of hearing aid sundries at the lowest prices I can manage.

If you want to know more please take a look at www.blackminster.co.uk or www.hearingaidspares.com

[Um bongo]

Originally Posted by EnglishDispenser

Hi,

I run an office based practice in the UK called Blackminster Hearing Centre.

I am a hearing aid discounter, with often the lowest prices in the UK.

Unlike most UK dispensers I have a strong technical background in digital technology.

I also run a web based hearing aid spare business which sells all sorts of hearing aid sundries at the lowest prices I can manage.

If you want to know more please take a look at www.blackminster.co.uk or www.hearingaidspares.com

I reckon you ought to qualify that statement, at least a bit.

[EnglishDispenser]

Originally Posted by Um bongo

I reckon you ought to qualify that statement, at least a bit.

Unlike most English dispensers I have a strong technical background in digital technology. Better?

[Um bongo]

Originally Posted by EnglishDispenser

Unlike most English dispensers I have a strong technical background in digital technology. Better?

Fair enough

[john lloyd]

You still don't fit CIC's though do you.... and there is no reason why a good dispenser shouldnt fit them....?

[EnglishDispenser]

Originally Posted by john lloyd

You still don't fit CIC's though do you.... and there is no reason why a good dispenser shouldnt fit them....?

So are you saying that I am NOT a good dispenser?

[hearnow]

It looks like someone is after a fight.....

[john lloyd]

Not at all, I'm sure your very good and competent, and at least you look after clients pockets. But to not sell cic's in the digital era is not in every clients interest, as they can be fitted more than adequately to over 50% of losses. But hey, this isn't a debate, and I'm not questioning your ability. I just feel it's not best advice to exclude them from every clients options.

[Um bongo]

Originally Posted by john lloyd

You still don't fit CIC's though do you.... and there is no reason why a good dispenser shouldnt fit them....?

Lloydy,

Are you entirely sure about that.

A CIC is 17 times more likely to break-down than an equivalent thin tube instrument.

A CIC is about 3 times more likely to fail in service than an equivalent ITE half shell.

A CIC is the most likely to get lost, trodden-on or swallowed. (According to insurance figures)

You might not like ED, but you can't fault his logic, especially in respect of the service-work required to look after hearing instruments.

[john lloyd]

Um Bongo'y

Yes i am sure. Your figures are wrong and out of date.

But firstly let me say, i dont know ED so i cant dislike the guy. I may have a slight issue with a couple of things which i have pointed out to him on what i hoped to be a professional level, and therefore it isnt personal. But i like to see the web give the best information for everyone, being i have done a lot to tie together a band of brothers so to speak to present a uniformity to what is being offered.


You are saying that for every 6 years a person wears a BTE and returns it once for repair, the guy wearing an ITE would have returned it 17 times. And that hasnt happened to any of my clients. Anyway, no one fits BTE's nowadays because of power ITE's and RIC's. Also those figures (whatever they would have been) predate decent wax guards etc.

ITEs are just as likely to go wrong now and more so if they include a push button or VC wheel. I have many clients with CIC's 3 years old that have never needed a repair.

RIC's are now more likely to go wrong for any hearing aid but ED sells these in bundles, I guess cos they are just more easily repaired.

Maybe because my clients are younger due to the use of the web to generate all my work i get more demand for CIC's, and i wholey value their place in the market, and because of this i see it as an error to publicly broadcast (by a good dispenser or not) that one doesnt supply them. Maybe it's not my place to say, but then I just cant keep my big gob shut cos i dont think it is helpful to anyone, especially clients. And anyway, i'm always right, so there! ;-)