Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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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................. |
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Prices for technology do tend to drop with time for the same functionality. I am sure that my wife's hearing aids could be replaced today for less than we paid 5 years ago. You will, however, probably still need to pay for expertise to evaluate your hearing loss and program the hearing aids. I did not see a lot of mystery associated with hearing aids. They measure your hearing loss by frequency and program the hearing aids to boost those frequency bands where you have hearing loss. Clearly there is some degree of art to the fine tuning that comes from experience. I don't have a problem paying people for their expertise. I recall some additional signal processing features to help with background noise in a crowded room. Shopping around and research will help eliminate those who would sell you more capability then you require.
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Especially one from Ohio. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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