In all seriousness, “presbyaccusis” is age related hearing loss. “Presbyopia” is age related loss of near vision due to hardening of the lense (or more specifically lose of compliance). No reason these cheap amplifiers couldn’t be sold at WalMart right next to the cheap reading glasses. Except, of course, the protection on the monopoly the industry enjoys.
Problem with the OTC readers you buy in a drug store/Wal-Mart, they don’t go lower than 1.25 if you can find that one 1.50 is usually where they stop. I’m an in between .75, .50 is to weak, .75 is not quite enough. 1.00 is to much. And I need all 3 distances or I can’t drive or do ordinary things like read or thread a needle. In other words my world is a blur, had the lower tear ducts cauterized closed, Severe DRY EYE DISEASE not treatable any other way; and the Cornea doc will probably want the Left upper one partially closed when I see him on the 21st. Lidocaine is the worst numbing agent there is for me. Having a hypodermic needle stuck in your tear ducts is VERY PAINFUL. Plugs fall out. My computer screen is blown up half off the screen and I still see blurred letters. This has been a 3 year NIGHTMARE.