In Reply to: Hearing!!!! posted by Dongirl on Wednesday, 17. August 2005 at 10:40 Bali Time:
We were in Bali last month, and we picked up 4 pairs of glasses at optika melawai [about 3 doors up from the stadium hotel in KUTA], I have a friend who is pretty deaf, and i saw that they did hearing aids on their web page, so i made some enquiries about hearing aids. I ended up at a large optiks in "denpasar proper". they quoted me a bit over 3million rupiah,for the latest "insert type" where they take an ear mould. and,they quoted a bit over 2 million for the ones where the volume control sit over the ear. they even had those ancient ones that look like youve got a crystal radio in your pocket.didnt get a price for those.My dad got one of the "latest insert" one for nothing on the pension. but was told the going price was on the north side of 5 grand
the bali price was inclusive of the examination. Long story short. they were one tenths of the price in Oz. Worth a trip for that alone,
I will try and find the address again if you want, hope this helps