Where Is the Steve Jobs of Hearing Loss?
Why are hearing aids so expensive, and so often ineffective?
In response to my Times piece on the statistical association between hearing loss and dementia,many many writers complained about the cost and ineffectiveness of hearing aids. One writer wrote directly to me, a long and detailed note about his frustrations with hearing aids.
He wrote, in part:
"In today's world of microelectronics which can almost put a full PC on the head of a pin there's no excuse for why the industry can't design a hearing aid at a reasonable price with enough electronic complexity to nearly exactly compensate for the tested responce curve of a person's hearing."
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