To qualify as an OTC Hearing Aid certain guidelines have to be followed such as limiting gain to avoid over amplification, limiting the depth that the "ear mold" or ear piece can be inserted into the

You are right. We will only know in five years.

If you search on-line, you will find that everything is deemed unsafe by someone. ====================================================================================== Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-O

I’ve heard it may not be safe from two sources on-line. Sounds like it is just a problem if they are turned up too loud. And, supporters believe that the risk is worth it if it wards off diabetes, dem

It is deeply disturbing to learn that an audiologist says that 'OTC hearing aids are not safe'. It is a totally unscientific generalization. It is possible that ANY hearing aid could cause additional

What is the $2,500.00? My husband’s aids were under $1,800.00 at Costco and they had the booth and technician and custom hearing exam. Not over-the-counter and not covered by insurance e except for in

Hi All - It appears I left out some critically important words in the earlier post on this matter. The Lexie Lumen hearing aids referred to in it are not the only OTC hearing aids available in stores

Hi All - It appears that Lexie Lumen hearing aids are the only OTC FDA approved hearing aids (at Walgreen's) that are actually currently available over-the-counter in retail stores. I have commented o

NY City has had hearing loops in taxi since around 2016.

When there is no loop, your hearing aids go to maximum sensitivity, so they pick up the interference. When there is a signal from the loop, the sensitivity automatically reduces, so you don't hear the

I don’t understand how Hearing Loops can be installed in cars. When I turn on my T coil in the car, I get a lot of static, I assume from the electromagnetic interference of the engine. Same thing if I

Thanks, John. Do you have a source for me, or are you working in the field? My best bet might be to negotiate some partial recovery with given periods of time, so I keep the new ones and pay less for

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It requires a more advanced form of Bluetooth. Keep your present aids. ====================================================================================== Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions

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Thanks, Mary. Do you have any idea what will be needed in hearing aids? I upgraded mine but the difference in the new ones isn’t that great. I wonder whether to keep the new ones. Will AuraCast need a

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Aura cast is available now for implementation. But it’s hard to tell how long it will take for hearing aid manufactures and venues to implement it. I’d guess several years before it’s widely available

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I’m not aware of this problem but I am finding ASR is better than CART. Carol Agate

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Please Help! Have you had the problem of delayed Zoom captions and /or truncated caption boxes? An example is attached below, (both in Word and PDF) as it happened to me with CART. The Zoom Level 2 su

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Julie - As you and others could see from that letter there was no effort by HLAA, ALDA, TDI etc. to advocate for the presence of telecoils in their letter to the FDA. What are they representing? Re th

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Hello Loopers, The HLAA Board welcomes comments and feedback from members. I’m sorry to learn you all had difficulty locating the contact information for HLAA leadership. I’ll let the Meredith Resnick

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Thank you Steve. It’s easy to do that when writing. I had not seen the document before and appreciate you sharing it. It is going to be very interesting to see how this entire OTC thing works out as i

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