The hearing aid industry offers pricey hearing aids for people with ‘defined’ hearing loss. The FDA wants you to understand that it regulates hearing aids – which it defines as helping the medical condition of hearing loss. The FDA then observes “sound amplifiers for consumers with no hearing loss who want to make environmental sounds louder for recreational use.“ Recreational ? Hearing aids that they do regulate are now made by a small number of companies and are sold with audiologist services for $1000 up to $4000 per device – most people need two – and have a lifespan of up to 7 years. That price includes a hearing test, fitting, initial batteries and more.
lk Grove Village, IL – May 23, 2018 — Since the invention of the first electronic product in 1920 intended to help people with severe-to-profound hearing loss, hearing aids gradually evolved from a large box on the table to the first body-worn device and later to head-worn designs suitable for those with mild to moderate hearing loss.
WASHINGTON, DC, March 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hearing Industries Association (HIA) held its 2018 annual meeting in Washington D.C. March 19-20. As the trusted voice on hearing healthcare, HIA addressed patient safety and education, delivery care, innovation and public policy at the meeting themed “Hearing Forward 2020.” HIA members, partners and guests received insight and updates on topics including collaborating with government rule-making agencies, digital health technologies, advances in telemedicine, and aging in America.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota –November 7, 2017 – Harris Communications, Inc., a leading supplier of affordable hearing loss solutions, recently published a new brochure highlighting amplified phones and captioned phones for the hard of hearing. View a digital copy of the brochure at http://online.flipbuilder.com/wuzc/dwbb/mobile/index.html.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Clarity, a division of wearable technology leader Plantronics (NYSE: PLT), today unveiled the TV Listener™–smart, lightweight wireless headphones that pair with TV and other Bluetooth devices to provide a rich and crisp personal listening experience. The TV Listener™ has been designed so users can watch television at the volume they need without disturbing others.
Uncorrected hearing loss isolates and harms older adults. 
The hearing aid industry offers pricey hearing aids for people with ‘defined’ hearing loss. The FDA wants you to understand that 
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