Posted on 10/18/2022 7:45:04 AM PDT by Red Badger
Tongue depressors are FDA certified medical devices. Lots of things hyped and sold on TV and OTC are FDA certified medical devices and don't receive any more scrutiny than you'd expect of tongue depressors. They glom onto the public's knowing the FDA regulated the heck out of Rx drugs and expect customers to think the same standards apply to devices. They don't. For many medical devices the feds barely check to see you can't easily kill yourself with them. They just collect their fees and move on.
“I buy my reading glasses in bulk at the dollar store. “
Did that too for years — but cataracts removed the need after the surgery.
Want mine ?
The doctor scheduled several follow visits, which I found very useful. She told me that because I had adapted to my hearing loss, the corrected spectrum I was now hearing would seem too tinny and sibilant, but that I would gradually re-adapt to normal hearing. Without that advice, I would not have persisted to the point where now everthing seems good.
3 MHz — are you one of the bionic people ?
Given the advances in miniaturization and computerization, it is quite possible to build and sell a multi-frequency device. My WORST experiences have come at the hands of "professional audiologists". My best experience has come from the hearing techs at Costco. My $1500/pair Kirkland aids work just as well as my $6000/pair Siemens (actually better, because I can tie the Kirklands to any computer via bluetooth). Bluetooth "does" require a special/separate dongle. Newer ones are coming with bluetooth built into the aid.
My biggest objection is that they are tying these aids to "rechargeability", which, IMO is a huge mistake. When my battery runs down, I want to reach in my pocket, pull out a new one, put it in, and go on about my business. I do NOT want to have to put it in a charger and wait for it to recharge.
I have hearing aids from the VA but rarely use them. The other evening I decided to wear them and walk out on the porch( I live on the side of a wooded mountain in a very secluded area). I could not believe what I was hearing, it sounded like something out of a jungle scene in a movie. I quickly turned the volume way down low as it was unbearable to hear all those sounds. Now I know why I barely use them.
If I bought hearing aids, I’d have fewer reasons to ignore my wife...I’ll wait until I really can’t hear! LOL!
“ I got mine from Vioxx. How’d you get yours?”
Decades of shooting, power tools and playing in rock bands.
Agreed. My 8-tear old Phonak ITE devices were BT, and I had to wear a dongle around my neck to make the BT connection. Apart from the appearance, it worked slick-ly. My new Phonak devices are BT direct, no dongle, but rely upon a phone “app” to function. NOT an improvement. They are inferior for use in answering phone calls. My AuD had to finagle the mics so that I could hear my own voice clearly while on the phone, and having to press the lil’ bitty program button on the aid in my ear is the only way to answer the phone while driving. The button will wear out quickly, IMO, it’s the weakest link. Sound wise, they are much better than the older version, however, it makes my wife’s voice sound like she has developed a lisp! (She wasn’t amused when I pointed it out.)
3K would be correct, not 3M.
US Navy and skeet and trap shooting with cotton in ears 55+ years ago before audio shooting headgear.
Believe it or not, I got mine from being very close to roaring lions too many times.
I got new hearing aids a couple months ago, and they are going to start working on addressing my tinnitus next week. They say there is about a 35% success rate in eliminating or greatly reducing it.
Bkmk
Exactly
Humans close to birth may hear from 20 cycles to 20,000 cycles
Speech is in the 300 to 5,000 cycle range.
My hearing is limited to about 12,000 at age 67. 12k
If you can’t hear above 3k, understanding is poor unless you are right upon the talker.
I’ve got so many that there will be extras when I die!
Freedom works!
It takes time for markets to work and consumers to become educated.
The old way is still an option for those who prefer it.
I like to have choices, if they don’t involve murder.
My Sony R-1 camera has in camera recharging.
My Canon cameras have separate rechargers.
The consumer should have the choice. Earbuds are ubiquitous these days and the technology can be easily adapted for cheap over the counter hearing aids. To require a prescription is just to artificially inflate the cost. The consumer can always go with the prescription models if they are unhappy with the OTC models.
Hate to give business to slave labor/robots in China, but Zenni optical is great.
If you have your prescription and interpupiliary distance, their glasses are very inexpensive; For a simple reading prescription mine were about the same as the Cheaters. And was finally able to afford prescription safety glasses.
High quality ginko brought my tinnitus under control.
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