The Best Hearing Aids of 2025, Tested and Reviewed

Other Hearing Aids to Consider

We've reviewed dozens of proceeding aids, and galore of them are bully but not great. Here are alternatives to consider:

GN ReSound Vivia for $5,000+: ReSound's caller Vivia statement of medicine proceeding immunodeficiency are connected par successful some creation (at a svelte 2.56 grams) and value pinch nan Starkey Edge AI models, providing a pristine audio acquisition that is tuned perfectly and utterly free of hiss and feedback. The “intelligence-augmented” devices activity good successful either sound aliases much friendly one-on-one settings, and GN’s Smart 3D app couldn’t beryllium easier to master. Support for Bluetooth Auracast is besides included, truthful wearers tin now tube media (like nan audio from nan TV astatine a bar) straight to nan aids. They aren’t cheap, truthful getting immoderate beforehand ears-on clip pinch them is basal for prospective buyers.

Elehear Alpha Pro for $449: If you suffer from mild proceeding loss, nan Elehear Alpha Pro (7/10, WIRED Review) are worthy a look. They're traditional-looking proceeding aids, and caller users get a free 30-minute convention pinch an audiologist to get them group up. There are respective modes you tin rhythm done successful nan app to boost nan measurement and alteration ambient noise, positive you tin tweak nan presets Elehear offers, though a batch of this is proceedings and error. They person bully artillery life—around 20 hours connected a azygous charge—and did not deplete for maine aft utilizing them for a afloat day. You tin popular them into a carrying lawsuit that tin recharge them up to 7 much times.

Sony CRE-E10 for $900: The CRE-E10 (7/10, WIRED Review) aren't truthful overmuch of an upgrade to nan C20 we urge above, but a different people of product. They're overmuch much visible, though they look for illustration a modular brace of Bluetooth earbuds. The E10 supply a comfortable fresh but tin get tiring aft a agelong day. At slightest they usage a rechargeable artillery (via USB-C) pinch up to 26 hours connected a azygous charge. You tin power them only done Sony's app, and nan proceeding trial lets you tune nan wave consequence of nan aids. The audio acquisition is fantabulous astatine debased volumes, though these immunodeficiency person a spot of an echo and immoderate further noise. Still, I recovered it manageable. They do a decent occupation streaming media and calls via Bluetooth.

Eargo 8 for $2,699: The Eargo 8 (6/10, WIRED Review) connection high-quality sound successful a mini package that's astir invisible. There are a fewer listening programs you tin rhythm through, but I didn't find nan request to move modes—they provided well-amplified audio nary matter what I was doing. Battery life is excellent, but nan mediocre app power functions and deficiency of Bluetooth streaming make them a reliable sell, particularly considering nan absurdly precocious price. That's almost nan aforesaid problem I had pinch their predecessor, nan Eargo 7 (7/10, WIRED Review).

Avoid These Hearing Aids

Just arsenic important arsenic what proceeding immunodeficiency to bargain are what proceeding immunodeficiency not to buy. While immoderate of these devices are affordable, astir are lacking successful value aliases style. After our testing, we don’t wholly urge these proceeding aids. (Poor proceeding immunodeficiency tin harm your hearing.)

Audien Atom One for $98: I had precocious hopes for these (5/10, WIRED Review) but they're impossibly cheap. The Atom One travel up short connected smart features, arsenic there’s nary measurement to fine-tune these devices.

Lexie Lumen for $499: These are comically ample and dated. The lawsuit was physically falling isolated during testing, which I wouldn’t expect from proceeding immunodeficiency astatine this price. Though they sound fine, they’re acold from subtle and were plagued pinch connectivity bugs.

Olive Union Olive Max for $447: The Olive Max (6/10, WIRED Review) are large and look for illustration a Bluetooth headset from nan early 2000s (except for some of your ears). You tin usage an app to fine-tune nan listening experience, but nan wide proceeding assistance capacity was mixed and I knowledgeable a steady, buzzing inheritance noise. They were beautiful unusable successful large environments too. That said, they activity good arsenic modular wireless earbuds.

Ceretone Core One for $349: The mandatory app required to power these proceeding immunodeficiency is truthful basal that it's useless (5/10, WIRED Review). You can't tune nan frequencies, and nan listening acquisition is rather blunt. They're besides not comfortable to deterioration for agelong periods.

Sennheiser All-Day Clear for $1,000: Considering nan price, these proceeding immunodeficiency (3/10, WIRED Review) are not effective and person a important inheritance hiss problem. They're bulky and difficult to position.

Linner Nova OTC for $300: The AirPods-like Linner Nova (3/10, WIRED Review) amplify biology sound and tin double arsenic streaming earbuds, but do neither peculiarly well.

MDHearing Neo for $297 and Neo XS for $397: Never mind nan Joe Namath endorsement, these in-ear immunodeficiency are incredibly uncomfortable and characteristic a wildly dated creation sensibility. Screeching feedback astatine nan slightest touch makes them untenable for moreover short-term use.

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