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Deaf/Hard of Hearing

Auggie

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6. The $64,000 question (literally): how much? And how soon will they need to be replaced?

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Mon Mar 7, 2022, 07:40 PM

Mar 2022

Someday, and I hope that day is not very far off, Starkey and company will face serious competition from upstarts not beholden to corporate earnings and dividends.

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Locally developed hearing aid cuts through the noise -- and masks -- with help of AI [View all] SheltieLover Feb 2022 OP

Hmmm...if this truly works, then this is good. My hearing aids are the same way, they measure the SWBTATTReg Feb 2022 #1

I'm crowd deaf in one ear SheltieLover Feb 2022 #2

Ha ha heh. Crowds are the worse for me too. I love your term 'crowd deaf', it's very SWBTATTReg Feb 2022 #3

Thx! SheltieLover Feb 2022 #4

The article makes it sound like a little local company did this DavidDvorkin Feb 2022 #5

The $64,000 question (literally): how much? And how soon will they need to be replaced? Auggie Mar 2022 #6

No idea. SheltieLover Mar 2022 #7

FYI: the (more) affordable Apple AirPods Pro Auggie Mar 2022 #8

That's fabulous! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #9

Thanks. To be fair, the $1900 pair works a little better ... Auggie Mar 2022 #10

Well of course SheltieLover Mar 2022 #11