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mahatmakanejeeves

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22. And now, for you Federal Register-reading junkies:

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Mon Oct 17, 2022, 05:11 PM

Oct 2022

Medical Devices; Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices; Establishing Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
A Rule by the Food and Drug Administration on 08/17/2022

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Lower-cost U.S. hearing aids go on sale today [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 OP

A dent in the medical cartel bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #1

Hearing aids have been sold on eBay for decades, no prescriptions required Jack the Greater Oct 2022 #27

By and large, those are just amplifiers. Radio Shack sold those too. NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #34

What? Itchinjim Oct 2022 #2

I.SAID.YOU.LOOK.GOOD.TODAY. ret5hd Oct 2022 #4

guess how many hard of hearing people azureblue Oct 2022 #11

I'll be one of the first people in line to see if the OTC hearing aids will work. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #17

Hard of hearing AND humor impaired. ret5hd Oct 2022 #18

Won't work for me SuperCoder Oct 2022 #3

Sorry. These might not be enough for me either. NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #6

Will not work for most people True Blue American Oct 2022 #12

I am one who could benefit. I am noticing my hearing isn't yellowdogintexas Oct 2022 #5

You can accomplish that with a hearing aid. They have a button True Blue American Oct 2022 #13

"They also have blue tooth that can transfer sound from one ear to one that has no hearing." Jack the Greater Oct 2022 #28

The sound from your good ear travels True Blue American Oct 2022 #30

I would strongly advise an audiologist's hearing test. vanlassie Oct 2022 #7

Most hearing stories don't end well. Thanks for posting. Good for you. twodogsbarking Oct 2022 #8

The story of how the hearing came back: vanlassie Oct 2022 #9

That's amazing. Hekate Oct 2022 #20

I agree with that. True Blue American Oct 2022 #31

How was the problem with the stapes bone determined? LunaSea Oct 2022 #24

When they send signals to the ear, they can tell if you are hearing it via the stapes or via vanlassie Oct 2022 #25

Thanks! LunaSea Oct 2022 #29

From an Ear, Nose specialist. True Blue American Oct 2022 #32

A 'game-changer' for millions of Americans: You can now buy hearing aids over the counter mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #10

As I understand these aids will not True Blue American Oct 2022 #14

Right! True Blue American Oct 2022 #15

How does a person know what hearing aids to buy Dysfunctional Oct 2022 #16

That is why you need an ear test by a Specialist. True Blue American Oct 2022 #33

$799 at Walgreens -- behind the ear design (n/t) William Seger Oct 2022 #19

Thanks to President Biden and the Democratic congress. sarcasmo Oct 2022 #21

Nope. Thanks to Donald Trump. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #23

And now, for you Federal Register-reading junkies: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #22

Actually, credit rightly should go to Elizabeth Warren, who initiated the effort when Obama was vanlassie Oct 2022 #26

I have a hearing aid. Aussie105 Oct 2022 #35