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"People with mild or moderate hearing loss" should be free to purchase these sort of generic hearing aids in much the same way that buying non-prescription read
by cf100clunk 5y ago
"People with mild or moderate hearing loss" should be free to purchase these sort of generic hearing aids in much the same way that buying non-prescription reading glasses is common. If problems persist, it is time to consult a professional.
- causi 5y agoHeck, imagine if prescription glasses were only available from government-certified vendors. We'd be back to paying $700 a pair like the bad old days.
- kfprt 5y agoGlasses are a huge ripoff due to the industry being a monopoly with no help from the government.
- Turing_Machine 5y agoThere are some online retailers that have pretty good prices.
- kfprt 5y agoSpare a link or two?
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- mixmastamyk 5y agohttps://www.zennioptical.com/ https://www.zennioptical.com/
- yboris 5y agohttps://www.eyebuydirect.com/ https://www.eyebuydirect.com/
- jleyank 5y agoBuy lightweight frames and lenses, have progressives and get anti-glare coating and "we'd be back to paying $700/pair" is like, last year if I miss a sale. Lenscrafters, not a small shop. They're all owned by the same site, and I work on the 50% off of lenses sale. Frames are 150-300 as I avoid big-name style. These are way more than +2.5 diopter reading glasses, and you might imagine that astigmatism and progressives does wonders for straight lines...
- TylerE 5y agoAn improperly tuned hearing aid can make your hearing worse though...actively causing further damage.
- mwint 5y agoRight, but I can also buy an improperly tuned chainsaw and cut my arm off. I’d argue that there should be a giant warning on the box about proper tuning, and leave it at that.
- cf100clunk 5y agoReading glasses can be exchanged or refunded at most stores if they are not suitable. I would hope the FDA specifies the same for OTC hearing aids.
- dfadsadsf 5y agoSetting FDA requriemetns on return is example of overregulation that is frankly not needed - I struggle to come up with online/DTC brand that does not have free 30 days return policy. Virtually all electronics on Amazon has free return. This is pretty much industry standard.
- jrace 5y agoBut who does the "proper" tuning?
- kevin_thibedeau 5y agoWe really need prescriptions for headphones to save people from themselves.
- 14 5y agoI don’t know about that but if there was a quality headphone that limited how loud my kid can play things and stopped spikes of loud audio during the loud parts of movies I would buy it today.