cost of a replacement hearing aid on NHS (2024)

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pinky247 Posts: 6 Forumite

7 December 2011 at 8:24PM in Disability money matters

Hi my mum has lost one of her NHS hearing aids and needs a replacement does anyone know how much the NHS will charge her for this?

Hear-Hear Posts: 325 Forumite

7 December 2011 at 8:37PM

There is nothing absolutely set in stone nationally about the costs of replacing NHS aids. Some PCT's charge around £75.00, others charge nothing for the first one or two replacements.
Best thing to do is to pick up the phone to your mother's Audiology Dept, and actually ask them what their charge is.
All this changes from 2012-2013, when NHS-funded hearing aids will be available from private audiology firms. You need to make sure that you get the hearing aids covered on your own domestic contents policy.
ariba10 Posts: 5,432 Forumite

7 December 2011 at 8:42PM

£65.00 in South Wales. As I know to my cost.

I used to be indecisive but now I am not sure.

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Torry_Quine Posts: 18,859 Forumite

8 December 2011 at 1:04AM

I am really surprised at that as I've never heard of anyone being charged. :eek:

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Errata Posts: 38,230 Forumite

8 December 2011 at 9:07AM

£50 in my area. re insuring them - as they remain the property of th NHS, can the wearer insure them?

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roddydogs Posts: 7,479 Forumite

8 December 2011 at 9:50AM

The cost of these digital hearing aids is in the thousands........even if your charged £75 your lucky..........why dont people look after these (or insure them) as if it was their own property?
GlasweJen Posts: 7,451 Forumite

8 December 2011 at 9:51AM

Why do they get replaced so cheap? Surely they should be like glasses where the NHS funds one set and then you're on your own until there's a need for a replacement?
Must say I'm shocked, given the cost of hearing aids I would have expected the fee to be much bigger.
ETA crossed posts with roddydogs, glad its not just me.
sunnyone Posts: 4,716 Forumite

8 December 2011 at 7:05PM

I insure my NHS wheelchairs, you are supposed to for the powerchair but I do both.
My aids arnt insured, I am very careful with them so I though I didnt need to but the wind blew one out earlier :eek: and that frightened me a bit so I might look into insuring them, I dont know where though unless I can add them to my exsisting policy.
My (step) mum has lost two aids and she hasnt been charged anything.
GlasweJen Posts: 7,451 Forumite

8 December 2011 at 7:10PM

Sunnyone mine are just added onto the contents insurance for my house, it only cost a tenner. I don't have any NHS back up with my aids since the NHS couldn't actually find anything suitable for me due to lack of funds and specialist knowledge.
sunnyone Posts: 4,716 Forumite

8 December 2011 at 10:31PM

GlasweJen wrote: »
Sunnyone mine are just added onto the contents insurance for my house, it only cost a tenner. I don't have any NHS back up with my aids since the NHS couldn't actually find anything suitable for me due to lack of funds and specialist knowledge.
I have somethings added to the house insurance (mostly in house disability aids now) but I have a seperate policy for wheelchairs since I got the NHS powerchair as it was a condition of getting it so I transfered all 8 wheelchairs (6 manual/2 powerchairs/powertrike) to that seperate policy for ease and it would probably make more sense to add my aids to that if they could be included but it is wheelchair insurance from a specialist company.
Im due new aids soon and I want ones that cant blow away, its gale force today and I though it was gone but a nice (and very good looking!) man ran after it and brought it back, they were both cleaned as usual last night and I would have been mortified if there was any wax on it.
Would you have to pay the full excess if you lost your aids? My wheelchairs etc. that I added to my contents as valuable extras that are taken from the home would have cost a reduced excess of £50 per claim.
GlasweJen Posts: 7,451 Forumite

8 December 2011 at 10:52PM

No the excess on them is only £60. Mine are tiny but I usually tuck the bit for over the ear under my hair if we're out in the wind, seems to help stop the whistling!