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Originally Posted by biker1
It is always best to shop around, educate yourself, ask lots of questions, and be willing to go outside the bubble. I have no doubt that many people are taken advantage of but technology and expertise never comes cheap. As we all get older, ears, teeth, and joints become problematic. Fixing them is generally not cheap and finding the right people may take some time.
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biker much of what you say makes sense. However
I view the costs associated with getting hearing aids the same as I do prescription drugs or glasses.
A doctor wrote me a prescription drug for a sore knee that cost me $300 and it didn't work at all. yet 3 ibuprofen did the trick with just one treatment.
Same with a very expensive prescription for a skin condition. I went to /Walmart and found a substitute for $5.00
As to technology. You can get the same technology in a $19,000 car as you can in a $190,000.An article I came upon explained that customers
all were experiencing the same problems with the same technology irrespective of what they paid for the car.
I'll make book that when the FDA opens up the right to purchase hearing aids over the counter all of the marketing mystery generated by manufacturers , ENT professionals etc will suddenly disappear.................