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Great. Now I have to carry around another pair of these relatively huge, bulky earphones.

The great thing about my hearing aids is I put them in and I can ignore them. Unless I'm swapping batteries, which is infrequent enough, I don't even notice I'm wearing them.

Yeah, my hearing aids were expensive. Yes, insurance doesn't usually pitch in at all for hearing aids unless there's surgery required (BAHA, cochlear, etc). It's worth it. The alternatives are toys that get in the way of just going about your normal life.



Great, now someone has to explain to you that this is not an attack on your freedom to use whatever you product you prefer.

> Unless I'm swapping batteries, which is infrequent enough, I don't even notice I'm wearing them.

Presumably when you're swapping batteries, you're not actually wearing them, no?

Anyway, I think you have missed the points being made. For people who can't afford, or don't have access to the services around, hearing aids, consultancy, replacement batteries, and so on, there's an alternative.


My point: Hearphones may be cheaper, but they aren't a substitute for hearing aids. If people want to use them in lieu of hearing aids, fine. But they're a poor substitute. Other products may be better in the future.

A more exaggerated example: Someone who is nearsighted using their smartphone to look at more distant objects. Sure, it works, but it's not exactly practical.


> Hearphones may be cheaper, but they aren't a substitute for hearing aids.

The fact that they are cheaper means that they are a substitute for hearing aids.

They may not be quite as good right now ... but we've been over the affordability aspect already.

For people without access to USD $5k for hearing aids, a 'poor substitute' may be a perfectly reasonable alternative.




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