Customer Ratings & Reviews

I've been wearing hearing aids (and Amaz0n hearing amplifiers) 2 different animals, trust me, since 2010. The expensive ones do what they do but strike fear into your wallet and heart when the cats find the new toy or you get caught in a downpour. Maybe even *cough* drop one in the lake. For this price and quality, you have me! I've paid more for products I've had to return. I've had mine since the week they went over the counter, best purchase I've made in the whole 12 years of "officially hard of hearing" the decade before that I just said HUH? a LOT.. picture is a small sample of the last 12 years and another of relative size. 99% of people just think I have in earbuds for my phone.

On the bright side: It works well for some things. The first time I used them I heard my neighbors working next door - with the windows closed. At that point, I was pleased. The longer I had them, the less I liked the results. 1. Each bud has a button to adjust the volume. The left has a button near the top and the right near the bottom. Confusing. They can be difficult to find and operate. To control the volume, you must cycle through all the levels which can really hurt. Also, since the antenna sticks out more than the volume button, I ended up having to fiddle with it. 2. Unfortunately, the hearing aids did not help at all with people talking. I ended up listening to miscellaneous noise while trying to hear the person in front of me. 3. I did not find them uncomfortable, but they had a tendency to loosen while wearing them. My hearing loss is moderate with the loss at both the top and bottom of the range. For me, I was just as well off using earbuds with the tv as the hearing aids did not really help me with anything else.

I was excited to get these because over time and from my past in the military and playing in various bands when I was in high school has probably affected my hearing quite a bit. I also have a mild case of tinnitus that is fairly manageable. I’ve found that I am asking people to repeat themselves through the day and now that I’m conscious of it I’ve gotten pretty annoyed with myself. It was recommended to me that I should get one of the new sets of over the counter hearing aids so I was stoked to get these GoHearing buds. These seem to be using Siemens tech and have a similar build so I wouldn’t be surprised if they are a third-party branding of that build. These seem to work pretty well. There are three programs. A regular program, a treble boost program, and a bass boost program. I’ve tried them all and found the regular one to work best for me. I really like how these are so small. They are definitely still noticeable, but they are less noticeable. I have a benefit from the culture accepting people wearing earbuds all the time, and these are so much smaller, I’m not sure anyone would really notice them. They are not “flesh” colored so if someone looks at your ears, they are going to be obvious. The sound from these aids is definitely amplified. The best way for me to describe how I felt with them is that I thought everything sounded crisper and easier. I didn’t feel so much strain, and I didn’t need to “pay close attention.” If you’re losing your hearing, you know what I mean. There’s some freedom in this. For the most part, they are comfortable, and you really do need to stick them far into your ears and size them right with the included ear cups or you might get a little feedback. And, that’s my issue with them when I’m putting them in and taking them out. It can get a little noisy and feedbacky, so I would recommend keeping them on the lowest volume when putting in and out so that you don’t have to blast your ears. And that’s my biggest issue with these aids. The volume is controlled with a single button that has three stages of loudness for each of three programs. To increase the volume is easy with a button press. If you fumble you can get too loud then have to press the button over and over again until you get back to the program you wanted and volume you wanted. This can be bad, but fortunately there’s a minor delay before it starts to pipe the sound into your ears. The buds are fairly small so without some kind of touch sensitivity I’m not sure how they would put in a reduce volume button. It's fairly easy to take them out because of a plastic cord that juts out of the side. When I was trying to get the fit right, the cord stuck my ear quite a bit and tickled the inside of my ears. It was uncomfortable but adjusting made it better. There’s another “lite” version of this set that requires a small screwdriver to handle the volume. I’m not sure if that’s better or worse. I will say that I’m lucky that I was happy with the first setting on the first program because pressing the button is the worst part of this experience. Before I put in this review, I wore them continuously for a week and they didn’t feel any different from wearing a set of high quality earbuds. At night my ears were sore but after 4 days I didn’t feel that way anymore. The batteries definitely lasted all of my workday and they charged pretty quickly after putting them in the charging case. If you don’t want to go all the way and get a couple thousand dollar prescription hearing aids, maybe try these out.

Go Hearing - Go Prime OTC Hearing Aids. Go Hearing’s OTC aid keeps its focus on delivering sound amplification with a fairly simple set of earbuds. Hearing improvement is as immediate as charging up the case, allowing the case to charge the enclosed earbuds, and then inserting the earbuds into my ear canals. I could hear the highly amplified shuffling of pages in the small USER MANUAL in my hands. I’m pretty sure I would have heard a fly’s wings if one had passed nearby. These work as intended, even before I dove into the settings to achieve some customization. SETUP: Before I dive into getting these Go Hearing setup to use, I’d like to draw attention to the need to be patient with these devices and yourself. These seemed too sensitive at first. Even this somewhat simple set of features (volume settings and programs) can seem a bit overwhelming and hard to control. Don’t ry to change too much, or anything at first. These ear buds, and probably other brands, soon become familiar and comfortable. It really takes only a few hours of fully charging the case with the enclosed earbuds to get ready for all day use (30 hours specified). The “DOMES” already attached to the ear buds appear to be medium size, with two more sets for small or larger ear canals. I didn’t test the other sizes yet, but they appear to pull off and re-attach like most other modern earbuds. Just be sure to fully force them onto their posts during replacement. I discovered that the fit necessary for effective use of the Go Prime earbuds was not terribly fussy. These amplify with few extraneous artifact noises with the already attached medium “domes”. Each ear piece is brightly colored with either a RED or BLUE band clearly marked R for right and L for left. Those colored bands are not visible once the ear buds are inserted. In fact, these earbuds are barely visible because the device is very small and sets deeper into the ear than typical earbuds. No worry however, because there is a nearly invisible pull wire to retrieve them from your ear canals. The Go Hearing has individual VOLUME controls for each ear, There are a number of levels (the user manual indicates 8), accessed by quick, distinct presses on the raised VOLUME/PROGRAM button. The instructions confuse the issue by referencing an adjustment tool, but that is NOT an option and appears to refer to a different model, entirely. This same VOLUME/PROGRAM button allows the end user to cycle through 3 different preset equalization programs. However, the process requires the end user to hold down the button for 3-4 seconds. The programs are offered in succession: The first is NORMAL, accompanied by 1 beep, and addresses amplification across the broadest sound spectrum. The second is HIGH FREQUENCY, accompanied by 2 beeps, and seems to boost the treble region mostly. The 3rd is LOW FREQUENCY, accompanied by 3 beeps, and boost the lower bass region of sounds. Another 3-4 second press brings you back to the normal program. I WISH: The use of beeps for both volume confirmation and program change is only slightly helpful, and leaves me still confused. Is it that difficult to use a digital voice so users don’t lose their bearings while making setting changes? And that odd asymmetrical orientation of the volume control, differing from left to right seems unnecessary and eventually correctable. PERFORMANCE / SUMMARY: Go Hearing - Go Prime receives a round of applause from me. These ear buds are super small and discreet, These ear buds have limited design goals and a corresponding limited set of features. And they all work quite nicely. Using these while viewing/listening to TV provided an immediate increase in volume across the entire sound spectrum. There were few noise artifacts. Feedback noises were strictly limited to those times I let my hands linger too closely to my ears while making adjustments. For those times when the TV was too loud during dramatic excesses, it was just easier to pull the ear buds from my ears. and place them back in afterwards. I would not describe the sound shaping quality as subtle or sublime. These are a blunt amplification tool, but they sure do that work quite well. If I over-do the amplification, I’m competing with bats. These are not difficult to manage. Knowing they have a lengthy operating time between charges and no replacement batteries was reassuring. They operate for long stretches of time and are fully (lithium battery) rechargeable from a very small case. There is no software and no App. There is no hearing test. The ear buds are only about amplifying sound. They provide a variable volume control operated using a push button feature that quickly and easily modifies sound level. There is no advanced, sophisticated analysis of your hearing frequency curves. But, there are 3 presets that offer a way to address a broader range of inadequacies. Use them or not, the amplification itself will address some hearing issues, The 3 program settings provide a simple tool for limited tuning for specific issues. I like these OTC hearing aids. Easy to recommend.

I got the Go Hearing Go Prime OTC Hearing Aids, because I felt like I’ve noticed some hearing loss in my left ear recently where I've had trouble hearing people who talk to me on my left side. Though I have not been diagnosed with any hearing loss from a doctor, I thought I would give this product a shot. Right out of the box these are ready to go with a charge, setup is fairly straightforward in that you put the buds in your ears and you're ready to go. They are color coordinated with red being right and blue being left so there should be no confusion in putting these in. The ear buds fit very comfortably in my ears but found the volume adjust button to be annoying to change where the button location is flipped flopped on the other earbud, so that was hard at first to figure out. And the instruction says there is a tool to change the volume, but it's a generic manual for all of Go-Hearing hearing devices, so I spent a couple minutes poking the buds with the tip cleaner by accident. (I recommend they have specific manuals for each product.) I can say that these did increase my ability to hear better out of my left ear but I could never get used to wearing these when I would interact with people and then having to hear my voice which would sound robotic and would take me out of the conversation and would have to take them out. I also would have issues with static interference when I would put my phone up to my ear to take a call which made it so that I would have to take every call on speaker phone while using it to avoid the static noise. Overall I think this product does what it says it will do in that you will be able to hear better but with some trade offs with static noise and your voice sounding like a robot.

The Go prime OTC Hearing Aids are easy to use and convenient. They come with a nice little charging case that you can put in your pocket and have them charging at the same time. The first thing that came to my mind when receiving my Go Prime hearing aids was the question of what am I going to get for my money. I thought this considering that the price tag is about one-quarter of the standard cost of a set of hearing aids. I have thoroughly tested the Go Prime hearing aids and have also been able to compare them to the ambient noise feature that my Galaxy Buds Pro earbuds have built in. The ambient noise feature uses the microphones to boost the sound around you similar to what a set of hearing aids do. With that in mind I will now proceed to elaborate on my experience with the Go Prime OTC’s and explain how and what would make them a success. The first thing I noticed was the good build quality of the Go Prime Hearing aids and the case. They also come with all of the accessories that you need to clean and adjust hearing settings as well as three sets of earbuds to get the proper fit for you. I first used the Go Primes as is after charging them without changing any settings. After wearing them for a while like this I did get amplified sound however I also got a lot of unwanted sounds. While this is hard to explain what it made me feel like is that the Go Primes needed noise canceling to eliminate unwanted background noises and reduce the loudness of my own voice. The good news is after adjusting the volume level for each hearing aid I was able to eliminate that issue which is best described as hearing your own voice in your head. Once I went through the different volume levels and found the optimal setting the problem went away and a suddenly I had clear super sonic hearing. I mean my bearing was so good I could hear my dog walk into the room. I am talking you could hear the footsteps of my little 14lb dog on the carpet! Amazing! While I have found 5 to be the maximum volume level for the most sound without clipping or reverb inside your head. I really believe for everyday use I should turn it down to 4 or 3 even. Will just have to experiment more. I will tell you right now though I am very impressed that the settings were able to do such a terrific job of fine-tuning. So I can turn it up to five when I want supersonic James Bond spy hearing or lower it down to 3 or 4 for everyday normal use. Each Earbud hearing aid can be totally adjusted individually and they are very comfortable to wear all day. You will forget they are there and they are very discreet and easily covered with hair for most women's style haircuts. Now on to improvements. I really think that an app with Bluetooth pairing to the hearing aids would allow you to really fine-tune these Hearing aids. With an app the ease of use and sound adjustment possibilities would make these Go Prime Hearing aids a number one hit the app were done right with all of the proper fine sound tuning available. You could use WI-FI direct or a proprietary connection frequency to avoid interference. Additionally, you could just pair the Go Primes with Bluetooth to make the tuning adjustments and then turn off the Bluetooth so you would not have to worry about outside interference. These things are a great start and a good product at the price point. I just say they use some creativity and put a couple of app developers on the team to write some apps for endless possibilities in sound tuning that would put the Go-Primes at the top of the pack in the OTC hearing aid market! If you or your loved one needs some good hearing aids at a great price compared to conventional overpriced ugly hearing aids go pick some GO Prime OTC Hearing Aids up! You and your familiy will be glad you did! Great product with even greater potential for next-level improvements on the next models!

The Go Hearing Go Prime OTC Hearing Aids are well made, fairly lightweight so they are not uncomfortable to wear. They come in a well designed compact charging case that has a USB-C connector, cable and they even include the charger, which is a nice bonus. They also come with three different size silicone ear tips to accommodate most ear canal sizes. The medium tips are pre-installed and so far fit pretty well. At first I was a bit weary of these being called Hearing Aids, as I have tried similarly priced Hearing Amplifiers from other vendors that were just not usable because of the constant squealing feedback sounds. Not so with the Go Hearing Prime OTC - they actually work as intended. There is some feedback when you insert them in or remove them from your ears, but it’s very tolerable and short lived. One side effect of that is basically having to use any phone in speakerphone mode, because if you put it to your ear you are very likely to get high pitch feedback from these hearing aids. The most confusing part is the volume adjustment and program settings that have to be done with very delicate fingers by pressing the little tip/switch on the back side of these earbuds. The confusion is mostly based on the manual instructions that are written for 2 different models, so make sure you read the instructions for the model you have, in this case the Go Prime (not Go Lite). Ended up starting off with the default/Normal program, lowest volume setting and working up from there. To me they sound a bit high on trebles and also seem to amplify my own voice a bit too much. It will take some time getting used to these just like any hearings aids or even bluetooth earbuds, but at this price point, they would make a fine, very affordable hearing aid for many folks with reduced hearing capabilities due to age (please make your own assessment and/or check with your doctor, as this is just my opinion)

I have worn prescription hearing aids for about four years and was intrigued with hearing aids going OTC this year. The Go Hearing aids exceeded my expectations! I have moderate hearing loss and am not 'missing' a lot of audio ranges, but mostly have muffled hearing.... my current prescription aids are the over the ear type and quite complicated to use at times. Unpacking the box, I was pleased to find a simple, and complete, user manual. The aids are stored in a small case, just like bluetooth ear buds you might connect to your phone. The magnetically snap into the charging slots and there is a cover. Red is right.... blue is left. The case also serves as a backup charger, which is great for on the go people. This is a complete set with cleaning tools and extra wax guards and I encourage anyone using these to clean the tips frequently with the tool provided. This keeps the sound channels open. They are so easy to pop in and out! Oh, and they turn on automatically when taken out of the charging case. No fumbling around trying to hit a small button or wheel. When I first put the aid in my right ear, I heard quite a bit of sound feedback, but it goes away as soon as you stop touching it. The Go Prime has one adjustment button and one 'handle' on each aid. Pushing the button in short one second taps will send the volume up until you max out at 8 level, then send it back to one. I suggest putting it a minimum volume when you start. If you hold the little button for over three seconds, it will change mode, from normal to high-frequency to low-frequency. The user manual gives good descriptions of these. I suggest starting with Normal. Like any hearing aid, start slow and build up your daily hours. If you have never worn aids, you will be shocked at what you were missing! I was quite pleasantly surprised by these aids. first, they fit snugly in my ear canal and did not feel like they would fall out. Second, they did amplify and clarify spoken words for me, which is my hearing problem. I feel better able to understand speech when I cannot see the person speaking. Third, the convenience of having a small charging case, that also charges when not plugged in, makes these handy to carry around. I work on a farm, mostly alone, and do not normally where aids outside. Having these in my pocket would be grand for times I and talking with a person in the field. Overall, for the price, these hearing aids exceeded my expectations. For me, they clarified speech and allowed me to up the volume a bit.

These hearing aids have a very long lasting battery, which will likely not run out of battery power, before they can be charged at night while sleeping. These hearing aids have plenty of sound amplification on the highest volume. The left earpiece is blue and the right earpiece is red, this is a nice touch. These hearing aids have a built in automatic volume reduction functionality, for the times when noises are a bit too loud, this prevents the loud noises from being amplified to the point of being too loud. If someone has a minimum or medium hearing loss, these GoPrime hearing aids should be sufficient at amplifying sound to the point of allowing an improved level of hearing. I wear a pair of Bluetooth earbuds all the time, and I have a process of taking a single piece of two ply tissue paper, and I separate it into two thinner pieces of tissue paper, I take one of the thinner pieces and fold it, and then wrap the folded tissue paper around my earbuds, and I wear them with sort of an earbud sock. This thin layer of tissue paper absorbs oils and waxes that develop in the ear, and it keeps earbuds quite clean, and this prevents the necessity of frequently having to wipe earbuds clean. This same protective layer of tissue paper can be used with these hearing aids, and any ear wax will be absorbed by the tissue paper. Because of the fact that I use Bluetooth earbuds all the time, it is kind of an unavoidable inclination to compare these hearing aids, to the sound producing capabilities of a comparably priced pair of Bluetooth earbuds. Considering that all Bluetooth earbuds have a built in wireless Bluetooth technology, which these hearing aids do not have, it kind of feels like Bluetooth earbuds, have a more technologically advanced built in technology, compared to most hearing aids. That consideration naturally would cause the customer to wonder why hearing aids on average, would be more expensive than Bluetooth earbuds? Whatever happened to the law of supply and demand? I am rating these GoPrime hearing aids on two separate scales. In a world where Bluetooth earbuds, which contains the advanced wireless Bluetooth technology, was not available as a sound product in a similar form factor, then in that world, I would rate these hearing aids at 5 out of 5 stars. Since we are living in a world having advanced Bluetooth earbuds, then this causes an inclination to rate these hearing aids, at 3 out of 5 stars.

My ENT medical doctor has been wanting me to consider hearing aids since my hearing began to fade with a medical condition that I experienced in 2021. I have not really been ready for anything that he has shown me with either its size or price. I have tried a few inexpensive amplifiers that either become annoying with their size in a short time of use or have so much static that using them is more annoying than the little bit of hearing loss that I have. The history of the majority of middle-aged people obtaining hearing aids in America has just been difficult and the medical profession is finally admitting that depriving people of hearing aids has led to increased dementia cases and the speed to which the onset of dementia occurs. So finally, something remarkable has just happened that should have happened decades ago. The USA government has encouraged the FDA to make Hearing Aids marketable over the counter (OTC). Making Hearing Aids only obtainable through medical facilities as they have always been until the last couple of months of 2022 made the average price $4,500-6,800 dollars. It also limited the competition of applying newer technology towards making better options and the way the distribution was set up through the doctors and the mark-up that was on the product didn’t challenge manufacturers to be creative in making a better product. I know because I went through this with my father, and then (bless his heart) he would never wear them because he had to go to long without them. With much enthusiasm for myself and many others with low to moderate hearing loss I would like to report that I have just evaluated an OTC Hearing Aid that is small, fits in the ear instead of wrapping around and hanging on the ear, has a rechargeable case that can charge it up to 6x, and works very well. The Hearing Aids can be used for up to 30 hours on a single charge! The GO Prime Hearing Aid manufactured by Go Hearing is very impressive in its design, size, retail price, and functionality. At first, I wasn’t sure that these were going to have the clarity in sound that I wanted because they had a lot of static. The GO PRIME version that I have are designed with a small button on each that can be push for each of 3 different listening programs (Normal, High-Frequency, and Low-Frequency) with each having eight different volume adjustments. The trick to getting these to work great is to try to use them in different settings and adjust them accordingly. I used them in several setting but particularly watching TV, in the car listening to the radio, and on virtual meetings. After about 6 days, I had them adjusted to where I just left them alone and totally quit touching the control on either one of them at all. They are designed that when you put them in the case, they stay the way that they last were, and so when they are taken out of the case they are as they were when last used. I have had no screeching noises, no static, or any annoying sounds, just amplified sound like my hearing was before the illness two years ago. I am very pleased with these, but it did take persistence and use in different situations to fine tune them to my particular hearing needs. I think I have ended up with a High-Frequency in the right ear and adjusted the volume mid-range and Normal in the left ear, but I just kept fine tuning them until my hearing was very comfortable in my main environments. They also have to be comfortable in the ear and they come with 3 sizes of ear cushions – small, medium, and large. I found that small worked best for me and the hearing aid stayed in my ear when inserted. It was also pretty comfortable, but if I feel I need to give my ears a break, I carry the recharging case with me and slip them in their respective slots for a while. I do wish the colors on them were a little more subtle. Red is prominent for the Right hearing aid and Blue is the color for the Left hearing aid. I wish they were maybe a dark shade of gray and a lighter shade of gray so that they wouldn’t be quite so noticeable with short hair. After extensively studying Hearing Aids for the last 18 years and knowing what isn’t obtainable and the cost of what has been obtainable that has often been very technologically outdated, I am going to give these hearing aids five stars. Even though these could use a few little tweaks towards improvement in color, etc. they are a magnificent step in the right direction and appropriately named – Go Hearing. Yes, I definitely recommend these for low to moderate hearing loss and wish this manufacturer much success. I appreciate them providing a quality product for a reasonable price.

Alot of feedback and echoes, volume controls are inconvenient and they dont fit well.

For context, I do not wear hearing aids but my grandmother does and this review is based on her reported experience with the product. For years, my grandmother had hearing problems. We were told it is simply a function of aging. She has tried various hearing aids prescribed from her doctor, none were very comfortable, a few had pitch problems, and a few had difficulty with static, etc. I'm not saying this product is perfect, but for the price and the fact that it's over the counter, it is a very compelling deal. These are modern, with fitted replaceable silicone covers (3 of them), it lasts 30 hours, doesn't have the feedback problem when pulling out, tied to your phone and you can adjust the functions on your phone, and does an amazing job with background noise control. I am told she's never experienced anything like this before. There's a button that has multiple functions, equalizer/volume/profile control, she loves it. She will admit it's a little confusing for her at times, she forgets that she has this function/ability sometimes, but in the right setting feels they are a very rewarding feature. Comes with a rechargeable case, with an updated USB-C port for quick charge. This has been a god-send for her. Going on vacation is a simple plug and good to go. Just having this feature has been reassuring for her to be traveling anywhere.

Keep in mind - This was my first attempt at using hearing aids. In general, I wasn't happy with the way sound was effected, either too loud or not loud enough, despite using the "control" buttons which I found unfathomable. Comfort was fleeting. Charging was very simple with no hiccups at all - much better than batteries. The deal breaker was the upkeep guidelines, particularly the prospect of having to buy supplies going forward. None of the latter was made clear if mentioned at all in the product descriptions. Considering many if not most other hearing aids are much more expensive, worth a try.

Limited use so far, but at level 2 out of 8 volume settings they make every sound loud and clear. My hearing is borderline for needing assistance, so a small volume boost is sufficient. They're a bit challenging to insert, but I expect to get better with use. Overall, well worth their cost.

Bought very recently. Good product for the money. I wish the top was tan. Amplifies sounds. I know I will have to get used to it. Using only one side works without distortion, but using both is much better.

ok but they do not stay in very well and they sound is rough.

I recently purchased this product for my Dad, and his experience has been mixed. Good Fit: The design is excellent. It fits comfortably and securely, which made it perfect for daily use. Easy to Use: Setting it up was a breeze. Decent Voice Quality: The voice quality is satisfactory. While it’s not outstanding, it does the job adequately for most tasks. Stopped Working Within 2 Weeks: Unfortunately, his positive experience was cut short. The product stopped working within just two weeks of use, which was quite disappointing. Overall, while the product shows promise with its comfortable fit, ease of use, and decent voice quality, the lack of durability is a significant drawback.

These have done well make sure you have them in charging case are making contact they will stay charged for hours they are easy to adjust pitch to right hearing level well pleased had them for about six months.

These are marginal over-the-counter hearing aids, but don’t expect too much.

Volumn controls are tiny and difficult to manipulate. Also found the sound to be quite tinny. On the plus side, they fit in the ear ok and they look nice.