Best Places to Buy Hearing Aids—and the Worst

Included in our newest ratings are 17 places to buy hearing aids: Amazon, Audibel, Beltone, Connect Hearing, Costco Wholesale, Eargo, ENT or otolaryngologist offices, Hear.com, HearingLife, HearUSA, hospitals or clinics, Jabra/Jabra Enhance, MD Hearing, Miracle-Ear, Sam’s Club, TruHearing, and the Veterans Administration. 

Overall, 86 percent of members who bought a hearing aid said they were very satisfied or completely satisfied with the retailer they used. 

“Members who bought an OTC hearing aid tended to shop at online retailers like Amazon, wholesale clubs like Costco, or OTC hearing aid brand websites like Eargo.com,” says Adam Troy, who led our hearing aid brand and retailer survey. “Consumers purchasing OTC hearing aids reported slightly lower levels of satisfaction with the experience than did members who bought a prescription aid.” 

If you’re looking for prescription and OTC hearing aid brands, we rated those, too. We also tested OTC hearing aid models in our labs.

Here’s what we found out about the retailers in our survey. Members can access our full hearing aid retailer ratings.