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2022-08-17 -Short Attention Span Theater-

You heard it here first! Biden announces FDA has cleared the way for hearing aids to be available over the counter in stores without a prescription

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

The FDA said the new regulation cuts red tape by creating a new class of hearing aids that don't require a medical exam or prescription

Biden statement said US families would save $3,000

VP Kamala Harris, who is in Hawaii, issued a videotaped statement saying the change 'will make it easier for millions of Americans with hearing loss

FDA estimates that nearly 30 million adults could potentially benefit from hearing aids, but only about 1/5 of people with hearing problems use them

Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [20 views ] Top

#1 I've never ever needed a "prescription" to get a hearing aid. The most recent ones I bought cost approximately $52 each and work just fine. Yes, they don't have fancy programmable equalizers or Bluetooth, but they let me hear the frigging refrigerator running from a room away before I turned them down to a sensible level. The only thing I wish they had was an announcement that the battery is about to die like the old overpriced one I had. But that's not that big a deal.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-17 07:33|| 2022-08-17 07:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Thank President Trump for this.

Posted by Too Old To Work 2022-08-17 07:33|| 2022-08-17 07:33|| Front Page Top

#3 'Eh what?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-08-17 15:54|| 2022-08-17 15:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Lots of Costcos have hearing aid centers where you can get tested for free and fitted for a fraction of the price from an audiologist...

Posted by Tyranysaurus Uleash1642 2022-08-17 16:55|| 2022-08-17 16:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe I don't want to hear everything.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-08-17 19:50|| 2022-08-17 19:50|| Front Page Top

#6 That makes you a man Abu, ask my wife

Posted by Beavis 2022-08-17 20:05|| 2022-08-17 20:05|| Front Page Top

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