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This. The prices are unbelievable! And $3000 is for the "cheap" ones! I was about to post the same thing and then found your post. I will add, that getting acc
by mr_custard 8y ago
This. The prices are unbelievable! And $3000 is for the "cheap" ones! I was about to post the same thing and then found your post.
I will add, that getting access to the frequency curve adjustment software for each device is difficult (everybody needs a different adjustment curve and other params tweaked), prohibited and also expensive. They are often set incorrectly in the first instance and require repeat visits to an audiologist and tweaking.
So much so that I've been considering at all sorts of dodgy routes to getting control of this myself, including reverse engineering and ordering device-coupling hardware from shady non-western web sites, so that I can program them myself.
I'm really really hoping that this market will be disrupted soon, but I'm not holding my breath.
- red_hare 8y agoMy mother has been mostly deaf her whole life. Just the introduction of Bluetooth in the hearing aid (10 years after it was mainstream) was life changing for her (being able to talk on the phone better, watching movies on her iPad, etc.). But god is the hardware freaking expensive. Fixing this is my dream job.
- piyush_soni 8y agoWow. USD 3000 is a bit too much. Can you show an example of which kind of device this is (some link)? When I search on Amazon.com for 'hearing aid', the ones that show up are pretty cheap (e.g. USD 54 to 100ish)? Apologies for my ignorance.
- Someone1234 8y agoAmazon don't sell hearing aids, and cannot legally. They can sell "hearing assistance" devices or other loophole names (or just foreign sellers that don't give a darn). In the US a hearing aid is only available from medical suppliers via a doctor's prescription. The person above wasn't being hyperbolic when they said it can be $3K e.g.: https://www.healthyhearing.com/help/hearing-aids/prices https://www.healthyhearing.com/help/hearing-aids/prices