BAHA warranty

[Trackman]

What is the life expectancy of the BAHA ? Did anyone buy the warranty?

[lori67]

Well, I'm hoping for what they charge for it, it will outlive me!   

After the one year initial warranty was up, I added a personal articles rider to my homeowners policy - it was $146 a year for $5000 coverage.  My audiologist said he doesn't really like the warranty offered by Cochlear and thinks you get better coverage on your own.  I guess you'd have to look into both and decide which is better for you.

I put a post on here somewhere - I'd guess under Hearing Issues with the phone number of a company that offers insurance coverage on personal articles such as the BAHA if your insurance company doesn't.

Lori

[leapyrtwins]

Mitch -

I just replied to the PM you sent me this morning a little while ago, but I'll recap here.

I didn't purchase the extended warranty and currently my processor still falls under the initial one until early June.

At that point I'll probably look into the homeowner's rider that Lori suggested.

Jan

[jcc1138]

I bought a rider for my homeowners policy for my Resound Pulse hearing aids and the cost was $80 for $4,000 worth of coverage- Ohio Casualty is one of the few insurance companies that will insure hearing aids.

I am now looking at BAHA, since I am SSD on the right

[mikjul1]

http://www.earserv.com/faqs.htm  this was a link on the Baha yahoo groups website to warranty your Baha or hearing aid lost or stolen too.

[leapyrtwins]

Thanks for the link, Mike.  Very helpful 

Okay, guys, I'm a little confused here.  I thought the BAHA warranty was 1 year, but someone (perhaps, Grega?) mentioned being in contact with Cochlear or reading their website or something and said that the warranty is 2 years?

Anyone know what the deal is there??

Jan

[lori67]

Jan,

Maybe that's a new thing - mine was only 1 year.

Lori

[leapyrtwins]

Thanks, Lori.

I'm fairly sure my warranty is only a year also.   My first year is coming to an end in early June and even though I keep meaning to check into insurance, I haven't found the time.

I was hoping that perhaps I did have a two-year warranty from Cochlear so I could put off buying insurance for another year 

Jan

[mikjul1]

The divino warraty is 2 yrs they told me.

[leapyrtwins]

I'll have to dig out my paperwork and see what it says. 

I just got my Divino 6/4/08 and I could swear I was told I only had a 12 month warranty.

If Cochlear has changed their policy since June, maybe they'll take pity on me and give me another year.  It's worth a try 

[grega]

Hi all,

Mike added the following site to one of his posts several days ago. On this site, you can find detailed info re baha warranties, initial and extended.

http://www.earcentergreensboro.com/baha_device.htm#Sound:

   Greg

[leapyrtwins]

Thanks for pointing this out, Greg.

From what I get out of it, once my 1st year is up (6/4/08) I have 12 months to decide on the extended warranty option.

I thought I had to make the extended warranty decision during the first year - so I was confused 

Jan

[grega]

Jan .... although very thorough info, details might have changed since the info on that website came out.  Yesterday, Anne Marie Autry at Cochlear Americas said that you can decide on an extended warranty up until 90 days before the initial 2-yr warranty expires.  Suggest calling to verify times.

   Greg

[leapyrtwins]

Thanks, Greg, I may just do that.

I'm not certain I should extend my warranty though.

Not to jinx myself, but I've had absolutely no issues with my Divino since I got it and unless I somehow damage it I don't realistically expect any.

I may PM a few of the forumites who've had their BAHAs for a while to see what kinds of issues they've had with their processors, if any.

Jan

[grega]

Good morning Jan,

Good idea on checking with others who have baha'd for couple yrs to determine issues.  I'm leaning toward Divino ....

Thanks Mike for the info .... gotcher number.

Talk atcha....      Greg