The full hearing setup
Quick answer
The full setup runs roughly $2,957, and most of that is one device sold with remote audiology support included in the price. That inclusion, rather than the hardware, is what separates this tier from the everyday one. Most people should not buy this setup.
This is the top of what over the counter can do, and it is worth being blunt about what the money buys. The hardware at this tier is better than at the everyday tier, but not four times better. What genuinely differs is that the device is sold as a package with remote audiology support: a professional adjusts the fitting for you, remotely, rather than you doing it through an app.
For someone who wants clinic style follow up without in person appointments, that is worth real money. For someone who is comfortable running a self-fitting procedure themselves, it is not, and the everyday setup is the better buy. Say which of those you are before spending two thousand dollars.
This setup also covers the situations hearing aids cannot: the ones where the devices are out. An alarm clock with a bed shaker and a doorbell with a strobe both matter at exactly the times a device is sitting in a dryer.
What to skip
Skip the Redux dryer against a cheaper device. At its price it costs more than several complete hearing aids in this catalog. It makes sense protecting a two thousand dollar pair and very little sense otherwise.
Skip the vacuum unless your devices block repeatedly. A brush and a wax loop handle most cleaning. A vacuum draws wax out of a receiver port rather than pushing it further in, which is genuinely different, but it is a solution to a problem not everyone has.
Skip the alerting equipment if you do not live alone and hear the doorbell. It is here because it matters when devices are out, not because everyone needs it.
What to upgrade first
There is nowhere above this within over the counter. The next step is not more equipment, it is a prescription fitting with an audiologist, and that is the correct answer for severe or profound loss, for loss in one ear, for anyone under 18, and for anyone whose hearing has not actually been evaluated.
If this setup is not working well, more money on hardware is very unlikely to be the answer. A custom earmould, a reprogramming appointment, or a full evaluation almost certainly is.
How this compares to the other setups
Three complete setups, from $321 to $2,957 in equipment.
The complete full list
10 items, grouped by what each one does rather than by what it costs, so you can see what a setup is missing rather than only what it costs. Nothing in this list is the first step: a hearing evaluation is what tells you whether any of it applies to you, and that is the one thing here nobody can sell you from a shopping page.
The hearing device
$1,995A receiver in ear device sold as a package with remote audiology support rather than as hardware alone. That inclusion is most of what this tier is buying.
| Item | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| Jabra Enhance Select 700 Confirm what level of audiology support is included at checkout, because the configurations differ and that is the part that justifies the price. | $1,995.00 | Check price |
The television
$219A streamer matched to this specific device family. Television streamers are brand specific and one bought for the wrong brand is not adjustable to fit.
| Item | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| TV Streamer+ for Resound and Jabra Covers the Jabra Enhance Select 700. Confirm your exact model appears in the compatibility list before ordering. | $219.00 | Check price |
Care, at the level the device deserves
$441Protecting a two thousand dollar pair. At any cheaper tier this group would be overspending, and here it is not.
| Item | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| Redux Ultra Dry and Charge Drying and charging in one unit, from the company whose professional drying equipment sits in audiology clinics. | $299.00 | Check price |
| Jodi-Vac hearing aid vacuum Draws wax out of a receiver port rather than pushing it in, which is the distinction a brush cannot make. | $113.00 | Check price |
| Tulip domes for Resound and Jabra, 14 count Tulip domes fit this device family. Domes are a consumable, commonly changed every one to two months. | $7.99 | Check price |
| Hearing aid cleaning kit, 12 piece The daily routine. | $12.09 | Check price |
| Hard shell hearing aid case For travel. | $8.99 | Check price |
The telephone
$220A multi-handset amplified system, so the phone does not have to be carried between rooms.
| Item | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| Panasonic KX-TGM420W amplified cordless with one extra handset A published 40 decibel volume boost plus Slow Talk, with an answering machine and two handsets. | $219.98 | Check price |
When the devices are out
$82The situations hearing aids cannot cover, because nobody sleeps in them. This is the group most often missing from a setup and the one that matters at three in the morning.
| Item | Price | Buy |
|---|---|---|
| Sonic Alert Sonic Bomb alarm clock with bed shaker A very loud alarm plus a vibrating disc under the mattress. The shaker is the part that works, because the aids are not in at night. | $44.99 | Check price |
| CallToU wireless doorbell with vibration and strobe Flashes and vibrates as well as chiming, with a stated 1000 foot range. | $36.99 | Check price |
Setup total
$2,957
10 items across 5 groups. Prices move constantly and this total is a snapshot rather than a quote. It is equipment only: it does not include a hearing evaluation, which is the first line on every one of these lists and is not something bought from a shopping page.
Common questions
- What does the full hearing setup cost?
- About $2,957 in equipment across 10 items, as listed above. That excludes a hearing evaluation, any professional fitting and any prescription route, all of which are separate. Prices on the individual items move constantly, so treat the total as a snapshot rather than a quote.
- Do I have to buy it all at once?
- No, and there is a sensible order. Get a hearing evaluation first, then the device, then the care items that protect it. The telephone, television and alerting equipment each solve one specific situation and are worth buying only if that situation actually applies to you. Nothing in the list depends on anything else in it.
- Is the hearing aid in this setup an FDA regulated device?
- Yes. Every hearing aid on this site is an over the counter hearing aid in the regulatory sense: a medical device sold under the 2022 FDA rule, from an identifiable manufacturer, labelled for adults 18 and over with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss. Personal sound amplifiers are carried separately and are labelled as such on every card, because they are not hearing aids.
- What if this setup does not work for me?
- Then more equipment is very unlikely to be the answer. A custom earmould taken from an impression of your ear, a reprogramming appointment, or a full evaluation with an audiologist are the next steps, in roughly that order. Buying a more expensive device to solve a fit problem or a fitting problem is the commonest expensive mistake in this category.
- Does this include a hearing test?
- No, and nothing on this site can perform one. A hearing evaluation requires calibrated equipment in a controlled acoustic environment administered by a licensed professional. No web page, video or phone app produces a diagnostic result. The evaluation is the first step in every setup here and it is the one line that is not a purchase from a shopping page.
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Last updated 2026-09-17.